Referees' Performances | 2025/26

[Dodge]

Best for a long while.

 

[mancboy]

Darren England is still a **** getting some minor shit right does not make up for getting a monumental one wrong.

 

[Blue Mist]

That's the only thing I think England got wrong. It was a dangerous challenge.
It fell into the category of 'dont want to spoil a cup final (for tv viewers) with a sending off

 

[mancboy]

That's the only thing I think England got wrong. It was a dangerous challenge.
It fell into the category of 'dont want to spoil a cup final (for tv viewers) with a sending off

He got wrong giving them every free kick for them falling over every time a city player breathed near them, he didnt give the obvious none pens but everything else he gave.

 

[alib]

To be fair to England he refereed the final very well

 

[Johnnyblue7]

Credit where credits due England's still a total bellend.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Was a better ref performance today but he didn’t half fall for some diving antics from them

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Gave them all the little things and especially Doku nothing but, after last years final didn't screw us over on the bigger decisions.

 

[Cassandra]

Mostly good, fell for too many, but not all of Chelsea’s theatricals. Refereeing communit was generally favourable but could only see leniency towards City.

 

[waspish]

Wasn’t he on var last fa cup final?

 

[lust overlord]

Decent ish performance from the ref today.
Gave quite a few soft free kicks to Chelsea.
Got the non foul and yellow card for Khus wrong.

Balanced that with not falling for the theatrical attempts to win penalties by Chelsea.
Didn't dream up an extra 5 mins of injury time.

 

[lust overlord]

Wasn’t he on var last fa cup final?

Think so.
Yes.

 

[waspish]

Think so.
Yes.

Make sense he felt guilty

 

[Kippax77]

After being under the spotlight all week after him relegating West Ham last week he was always going to be fair today.
It just bugs me that they (refs) can't just be like that for their wages instead of trying to make up for previous misdemeanours whilst reffing to an agenda

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

It was an ugly lunge at Bernardo. I think it was a sending off offence.

 

[bluealf]

Yup, refs continually allow assaults on City players, you can only feel that the opposition players know this and do it all the more.

There should have been at least 3 reds in the last 3 games

 

[lust overlord]

It was an ugly lunge at Bernardo. I think it was a sending off offence.

Nah.
Clumsy rather than vindictive or particularly forceful.
Yellow the correct punishment.

 

[Baggins.mcfc]

Wow i can only say this is how bad refs are now. Like its been said before, he couldn't give any of the penalty shout,s against us because they wasn't penalties. Other than that he missed loads and overall he was shit again.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Thought the Hato one was a 50/50 call. VAR would have stuck with either decision. Glad England didn’t give it.

Joao Pedro has balance issues and seems to like trying to win fouls than trying to score.

Enzo was a bit lucky as he’d lost his head, but didn’t connect properly with Bernardo, fortunately.

 

[asahartford1]

Did ok