Linesman Ron Ganfield dropped from upcoming Premier League fixtures after series of errors in Chelsea win at Everton
- Chelsea left Goodison Park with a 6-3 victory over Everton last month
- Assistant referee Ron Ganfield missed several key incidents
- Sportsmail’s Graham Poll described it as ‘the worst assistant refereeing performance I have ever seen’
- Ganfiled won't be assisting in the Premier League this weekend
Linesman
Ron Ganfield has been dropped from this weekend’s Barclays Premier
League fixture list, less than a fortnight after being heavily
criticised for his part in Chelsea’s 6-3 win over Everton.
Ganfield
missed a series of key incidents in the match at Goodison Park,
including a blatant handball outside of the area by Everton goalkeeper
Tim Howard.
He also failed to flag an offside that should have seen Chelsea’s second goal by Branislav Ivanovic dismissed.
Errors: Assistant referee Ron Ganfield missed several key incidents at Goodison Park during Chelsea's win
Clear: Everton's keeper Tim Howard evidently held the ball outside the box but Ganfield missed the moment
Key mistake: Chelsea’s second goal by Branislav Ivanovic should have been dismissed for offside
The errors led Sportsmail’s Graham Poll to describe it as ‘the worst assistant refereeing performance I have ever seen’.
The
Professional Game Match Officials Limited have not selected Ganfield
for any top flight games after the international break on September 14,
15 and 16, but insist the decision has nothing to do with his
performance on Merseyside.
‘We
have 17 Select Group referees and 36 assistant referees, so there will
always be rotation of them from week to week,' a PGMOL official told
Sportsmail.
Dropped: Ganfield (left) has been left out of assisting at Premier League matches this weekend
Huge win: Summer signing Diego Costa was instrumental with two goals as Chelsea won 6-3 at Everton
Appointments
are pencilled in weeks ahead and routinely made available to the public
on the Monday before the weekend’s fixtures.
Jon
Moss, the referee from Chelsea's emphatic win over Everton on August
30, will act as fourth official for Arsenal's match with Manchester City
once the Premier League football returns
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