FA make Newcastle United & Leeds United official decisions after 'horrible' Chelsea controversy
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The FA Cup match officials have been confirmed for Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United at Ewood Park on Tuesday evening (7:45pm kick-off).
Jarred Gillett will referee the match as Newcastle look to progress to the quarter-final of the FA Cup for only the second time in the last 18 years. The Magpies have progressed to the last-16 of the competition following a 3-0 win at Sunderland and 2-0 win at Fulham in the third and fourth rounds respectively but they head into the match having lost 4-1 at Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.
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Hide AdGillett officiated Newcastle's penalty shootout defeat at Chelsea in the Carabao Cup quarter-final in December. The Australian referee allowed Moises Caicedo to escape with a yellow card for an early challenge on Anthony Gordon that Magpies head coach Eddie Howe deemed 'horrible' after the match.
With no VAR in place in the Carabao Cup quarter-final, Gillett's on-field decision stood. Levi Colwill also avoided a potential red card for a high challenge on Emil Krafth which forced the defender off at half-time.
There will also be no VAR in place at Ewood Park due to Blackburn being in the Championship. VAR is used in the FA Cup wherever possible but this is mostly limited to Premier League grounds who already have the technology in place.
Chelsea will be looking to bounce back from a Carabao Cup final defeat when they host Leeds United at Stamford Bridge. David Coote will referee the match and be assisted by Timothy Wood and Craig Taylor.
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Hide AdBack at Ewood Park, Gillett will be assisted by Darren Cann and Wade Smith with Stephen Martin as fourth official. Fans may also be familiar with the name Stephen Martin, who is the referee who infamously sent off two Newcastle players and awarded two penalties to Nottingham Forest in a 2-1 defeat at the City Ground back in 2016.
Jonjo Shelvey and Paul Dummett were both harshly dismissed in the match while Karl Darlow saved both penalties only for Matt Ritchie's first-half opener to be cancelled out by goals from Niklas Bendtner and a Jamaal Lascelles own goal.
Here is the full list of match official appointments for the FA Cup fifth round... 1 Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant referees: Darren Cann & Wade Smith
Fourth official: Stephen Martin 2 Chelsea v Leeds United
Referee: David Coote
Assistant referees: Timothy Wood & Craig Taylor
Fourth official: Dean Whitestone
VAR: Graham Scott
Support VAR: Peter Bankes
Assistant VAR: Edward Smart 3 AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City
Referee: Paul Tierney
Assistant referees: Scott Ledger & Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth official: Tim Robinson
VAR: Darren England
Support VAR: Michael Oliver
Assistant VAR: Timothy Wood 4 Liverpool v Southampton
Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistant referees: Adam Nunn & Steven Meredith
Fourth official: Rebecca Welch
VAR: Tony Harrington
Support VAR: Stuart Attwell
Assistant VAR: Stuart Burt
5 Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Assistant referees: Neil Davies & Akil Howson
Fourth official: David Webb
VAR: Darren Bond
Support VAR: Michael Salisbury
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Hide AdAssistant VAR: Daniel Robathan 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
Referee: Andrew Madley
Assistant referees: Nick Hopton & Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth official: Sam Barrett
VAR: Anthony Taylor
Support VAR: John Brooks
Assistant VAR: Simon Bennett 7 Coventry City v Maidstone United
Referee: Michael Salisbury
Assistant referees: Lee Betts & Mark Stevens
Fourth official: Andrew Kitchen 8 Luton Town v Manchester City
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant referees: Marc Perry & Shaun Hudson
Fourth official: Simon Hooper
VAR: Thomas Bramall
Support VAR: Robert Jones
Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes
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