REFEREE OF THE WEEK: PHIL DOWD

 

 Phil Dowd from Staffordshire (Photo: Mattythewhite via Wikipedia Commons)

PHIL Dowd will be man in the middle for Saturday's early kick-off fixture - Manchester City v Crystal Palace. 

The 51-year-old, from Stoke-on Trent, was promoted to the Premier League in 2001, his first being a fixture between Fulham and Everton that year.

His top appointments since then have been the 2010 League Cup Final in which Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2-1, the 2011 Community Shield Final in which Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-2 and the 2012 FA Cup Final in which Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1.

Last Saturday, he was subject to the wrath of West Ham manager Sam Allardyce who claimed Adam Johnson had dived to win a penalty for home side Sunderland in a match which ended 1-1.

Dowd has not officiated in any of Manchester City’s matches this season, but he was in charge of the Crystal Palace v Sunderland match, won 3-1 by the visitors, on November 3.

Last season, he took five Manchester City matches, all of which they won - v Hull (2-0), v Norwich (7-0), v Swansea (2-3), v Chelsea (2-0) and v WBA (3-1).

Over the same season, he took two Palace away matches , both wins - v WBA (0-2) and v Cardiff (0-3). 

Meanwhile, Chris Foy, who was not at his best in last Saturday’s Chelsea v Hull match  has not been awarded a Premier League match this weekend. 

The full list of Premier League appointments for  the forthcoming weekend are as follows:

Saturday 20 December 2014
K.O.	MATCHES	REFEREE	ASST. REF. 1	ASST. REF. 2	4TH OFFICIAL
12:45	Man City v Crystal Palace	Phil Dowd	P Kirkup	D Bryan	N Swarbrick
15:00	Aston Villa v Man Utd	Lee Mason	S Burt	A Halliday	K Friend
15:00	Hull v Swansea	Mark Clattenburg	S Beck	A Holmes	S Duncan
15:00	QPR v West Brom	Craig Pawson	M McDonough	M Scholes	M Dean
15:00	Southampton v Everton	Jonathan Moss	S Bennett	D Eaton	G Sutton
15:00	Spurs v Burnley	Mike Jones	R West	E Smart	K Hill
15:00	West Ham v Leicester	Martin Atkinson	A Garratt	S Child	S Martin

Sunday 21 December 2014
K.O.	MATCHES	REFEREE	ASST. REF. 1	ASST. REF. 2	4TH OFFICIAL
13:30	Newcastle v Sunderland	Anthony Taylor	M Mullarkey	D Cann	K Friend
16:00	Liverpool v Arsenal	Michael Oliver	S Long	L Betts	C Pawson

Monday 22 December 2014
K.O.	MATCHES	REFEREE	ASST. REF. 1	ASST. REF. 2	4TH OFFICIAL
20:00	Stoke v Chelsea	Neil Swarbrick	S Ledger	M Perry	A Marriner