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Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: UmpireIan49 Date: March 22, 2026, 12:23 pm
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Bankes, thoroughly deserving of this appointment, is having a
good game.
He is displaying exemplary control, not falling for some of the
gamesmanship (I could use another word, but I’ll refrain for
now) and is trying to let the game flow where possible.
The two yellow cards given thus far were nailed on and I hope
that Peter Bankes can finish off the job during the rest of the
game. What is rather tiresome is the contesting of virtually
every single decision, which is a blight on modern day football.
But Bankes is in good control and is giving what he sees without
fear or favour.
One of the most improved referees operating in the top flight
and has had a very sound season.
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: gooner Date: March 22, 2026, 12:23 pm
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hi,
very cagey first half as you would probably expect. hincapie YC
seemed very harsh, especially when bernardo silva has made at
least 3 nasty challenges and has got off scott free [emoji15]
regards
gnr
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: TA_Ref Date: March 22, 2026, 12:26 pm
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Sometimes I think we’ve seen referees that are maybe taken aback
by the occasion and performances aren’t always excellent.
But… Peter Bankes has been excellent as he has been pretty much
all season.
Thought Hincapie’s YC was harsh but not necessarily wrong.
Looked worse in real time than on the replay so I understand why
yellow was given.
Silva must be close to a YC for accumulation of fouls. He must
only have a couple more.
Overall, very impressive thus far.
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: El Referee Date: March 22, 2026, 12:31 pm
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Good o’l Banksey. Spoke with him this morning, and he was
laidback as ever.
Smashing the game so far. Agree the Hincapie caution was harsh
on replay, but not necessarily wrong.
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: ECity77 Date: March 22, 2026, 1:26 pm
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Take a bow Mr Bankes. He was exceptional.
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: TA_Ref Date: March 22, 2026, 1:33 pm
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[quote author=ECity77 link=topic=7848.msg103134#msg103134
date=1774203971]
Take a bow Mr Bankes. He was exceptional.
[/quote]
Absolutely 100%. I think that’s the best display I’ve seen at
Wembley for some time.
Quality of the highest order from Peter Bankes and his season
continues to go from strength to strength. He can expect
important matches in the run in.
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: ajb95 Date: March 22, 2026, 1:58 pm
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Not impressed with first half. Second half better but random and
haphazard foul detection. It my god what a boring game. Surely
this is the worst pl season in terms of excitement and quality
there’s ever been
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: Jtd508110 Date: March 22, 2026, 3:49 pm
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You can pass on to him from a fellow Scouser (albeit I support
the other Liverpool to him) that I thought he was brilliant
today. Not the easiest game to officiate, but he looked natural
and composed in the middle.
I hope the powers that be recognise this and that he progresses
to be a feature in the middle for UEFA and FIFA fixtures in the
near future.
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: El Referee Date: March 22, 2026, 4:12 pm
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[quote author=Jtd508110 link=topic=7848.msg103139#msg103139
date=1774212598]
You can pass on to him from a fellow Scouser (albeit I support
the other Liverpool to him) that I thought he was brilliant
today. Not the easiest game to officiate, but he looked natural
and composed in the middle.
I hope the powers that be recognise this and that he progresses
to be a feature in the middle for UEFA and FIFA fixtures in the
near future.
[/quote]
He’s too old for that now, unfortunately. He did have a brief
stint with a FIFA badge, but gave it up
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Re: Peter Bankes - Arsenal v Man City (EFL Cup Final)
By: olliebcafc Date: March 22, 2026, 4:43 pm
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Back when Bankes was an SG2 I took a trip to Griffin Park,
Brentford v Bristol City, as I was on holiday in London. The
game itself was excellent but all 3 of us that went came away
unimpressed with the referee’s performance, expecting a better
standard than we were used to witnessing in League 1. Upon
returning home we discovered the referee was Peter Bankes. 4
days later back at Valley Parade, we followed our standard
ritual of purchasing a programme and checking who the referee
was. Peter Bankes again, and again a below par display!
Due to this I was surprised at his promotion to SG1, but I’ve
been so impressed with him this season. Very deserving of
today’s opportunity and he smashed it, well done!
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