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Match officials for Premier League Summer Series announced

18 Jul 2023
Peter Bankes, referee

See who will be officiating across the nine fixtures for the tournament being held in the United States

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The match officials for the nine Premier League Summer Series fixtures taking place from Saturday 22 July to Sunday 30 July in the United States have been appointed.

Premier League match officials will work alongside their US counterparts from the Professional Referees Organisation (PRO). 

Due to short-notice unavailability, referee Simon Hooper will be replaced by Peter Bankes (pictured above) for the tournament.

See: UK and US match officials team up for Summer Series

All kick-off times local. US officials in italics.

Saturday 22 July 

19:00 Chelsea v Brighton (Philadelphia)
Referee: Robert Jones. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Wade Smith. Fourth official: Jeremy Scheer. 

Sunday 23 July 

16:00 Fulham v Brentford (Philadelphia)
Referee: Peter Bankes. Assistants: James Mainwaring, Nicholas Greenhalgh. Fourth official: Josh Encarnacion.

19:00 Newcastle v Aston Villa (Philadelphia)
Referee: Lukasz Szpala. Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Ian McKay. Fourth official: Jeremy Scheer. 

Wednesday 26 July 

17:30 Brentford v Brighton (Atlanta)
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr. Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Brian Marshall. Fourth official: Kyle Johnston.

19:00 Fulham v Aston Villa (Orlando)
Referee: Robert Jones. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Wade Smith. Fourth official: Daniel Gutierrez.

20:15 Newcastle v Chelsea (Atlanta)
Referee: Peter Bankes. Assistants: James Mainwaring, Nicholas Greenhalgh. Fourth official: Alek Zhelyazkov.

Friday 28 July 

19:30 Brighton v Newcastle (New Jersey)
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk. Assistants: Chris Elliott, Walt Heatherly. Fourth official: Ernie Constantine.

Sunday 30 July 

12:00 Aston Villa v Brentford (Maryland)
Referee: Peter Bankes. Assistants: James Mainwaring, Nicholas Greenhalgh. Fourth official: Kevin Broadley.

14:45 Chelsea v Fulham (Maryland)
Referee: Robert Jones. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Wade Smith. Fourth official: JC Griggs.

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