Referee confirmed for Crystal Palace game

[ClaretTony]

Ref: Lewis Smith
4th: Darren England
VAR: Michael Salisbury

https://www.uptheclarets.com/referee-co ... ce-game-11

[CrosspoolClarets]

Excellent. Only 30 years old so young enough not to have been tainted by VAR or the intimidation from these elite clubs. Good luck to him, can’t do any worse.

[quoonbeatz]

Only 30 years old so impossible for him to have played any meaningful football. He'll be as crap as the rest.

[Woodleyclaret]

Another trainee ref!

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Refereed Fulham v Villa at the weekend with both sets of fans not too happy and also Fulham players and management expressing their views.
The hierarchy and some media seem to be at odds with the views of fans and say that he had a very good game.

[Vegas Claret]

none of them have to be good, all we require is consistency

[DAVETHEVICAR]

Lewis Smith is referee at the Blackpool v Peterborough cup game tonight.
This match is on Sky and posters can watch and see how he performs - not from the stadium of course but from the screen

[quoonbeatz]

Only 30 years old so impossible for him to have played any meaningful football. He'll be as crap as the rest.

And lo, it came to pass. Way below the required standard, so predictable.

[123EasyasBFC]

Other then bottling the Wharton red card, the ref actually had a good game

[Roosterbooster]

Other then bottling the Wharton red card, the ref actually had a good game

But that's a big problem. It wasn't a difficult decision. But it was a key decision. And he blew it

Pointless making no minors in you're driving test if you then plow into a school

[dcunningham27]

Most blatant yellow card you’ll ever see and it was 0-0 at the time!

https://x.com/bfcoreyyy/status/1761451 ... mtmYOpAydw

[JimmyRobbo]

He only took 2 men out without getting anywhere near the ball.

[Rileybobs]

The law states that a player should be booked if they ‘commit in a reckless manner a direct free kick offence’. The ref completely bottled this one and it’s infuriating to watch officials ignore the laws of the game on a weekly basis.

[dcunningham27]

Not helping ourselves with how we’ve been playing but we haven’t half had some shocking refereeing to go with it