Chris Kavanagh made headlines on Saturday at the Aston Villa v Newcastle United match.
As he gave one of the worst ever displays of refereeing that you could possibly witness.
Chris Kavanagh and the other match officials giving a series on unbelievable decisions that penalised Newcastle United.
At that FA Cup match, Kavanagh was ‘helped by Assistant Referees Gary Beswick and Nick Greenhalgh, with the Fourth Official Paul Tierney.
There was of course no VAR…
Now on Monday, PGMOL and the Premier League have announced the match officials who will take charge of the ten games next weekend, which are spread over three days.
One name conspicuous by it’s absence.
Yes, Chris Kavanagh not getting a Premier League game in Matchweek 27 to referee, nor even a job as the VAR at a match.
Paul Tierney is once again a fourth official,, at the Brentford v Brighton match on Saturday. He is also the VAR at Forest v Liverpool on Sunday.
Gary Beswick is an assistant referee at that Forest v Liverpool match, as he was at Villa.
Nick Greenhalgh, who was the other assistant referee at Villa Park, he has no Premier League appointments either this coming weekend.
My guess is that neither PGMOL or the Premier League will make any kind of official announcement confirming that Chris Kavanagh has been dropped.
Instead they will no doubt just say nothing and then quietly reintroduce him again in the near future.
Here’s hoping that he isn’t allowed to referee in the Premier League (or cups!) in the future, or at the very least, no Newcastle United matches!
Saturday 21 February
Aston Villa v Leeds:
Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, James Mainwaring. Fourth official: Andrew Kitchen. VAR: Tony Harrington. Assistant VAR: Blake Antrobus.
Brentford v Brighton
Referee: Jarred Gillett. Assistants: Steve Meredith, Richard West. Fourth official: Paul Tierney. VAR: Nick Hopton. Assistant VAR: Stuart Attwell.
Chelsea v Burnley
Referee: Lewis Smith. Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Simon Long. Fourth official: Anthony Taylor. VAR: Michael Salisbury. Assistant VAR: Marc Perry.
West Ham v Bournemouth
Referee: Sam Barrott. Assistants: Tim Wood, Wade Smith. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: John Brooks. Assistant VAR: Akil Howson.
Man City v Newcastle United
Referee: Tom Bramall. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Constantine Hatzidakis. Fourth official: Tim Robinson. VAR: James Bell. Assistant VAR: Dan Robathan.
Sunday 22 February
Crystal Palace v Wolves
Referee: Tom Kirk. Assistants: Simon Bennett, Neil Davies. Fourth official: Ben Toner. VAR: Stuart Attwell. Assistant VAR: Steve Meredith.
Forest v Liverpool
Referee: Anthony Taylor. Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn. Fourth official: Dean Whitestone. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Adrian Holmes.
Sunderland v Fulham
Referee: Craig Pawson. Assistants: Lee Betts, Mat Wilkes. Fourth official: Ruebyn Ricardo. VAR: Tony Harrington. Assistant VAR: Wade Smith.
Spurs v Arsenal
Referee: Peter Bankes (pictured). Assistants: Eddie Smart, Blake Antrobus. Fourth official: Sam Barrott. VAR: Darren England. Assistant VAR: Tim Wood.
Monday 23 February
Everton v Man U
Referee: Darren England. Assistants: Scott Ledger, Akil Howson. Fourth official: Adam Herczeg. VAR: Paul Howard. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis.