Sunny Singh Gill is set to become the first referee of Indian descent to take cost of an English Premier League game on March 9.
The 39-year-old Singh Gill was on March 4 appointed referee for Crystal Palace’s game in opposition to Luton at Selhurst Park in London.
“He will become the first British South Asian to referee a match in the competition,” the league mentioned.
Singh Gill is following the lead set by his father, Jarnail Singh Gill, who stays the one English league soccer referee to have worn a turban. Jarnail Singh Gill was born in India and moved to England together with his mom and sister when he was 3. After taking cost of Bristol Rovers vs. Bury Town on Aug. 10, 2004, he went on to officiate practically 200 matches throughout divisions till 2010.
Sunny Singh Gill’s brother, Bhupinder, can be a referee.
The Premier League mentioned Bhupinder Singh Gill was “the first Sikh-Punjabi to serve as a Premier League assistant referee” when he officiated throughout a game between Southampton and Nottingham Forest in January 2023.
“Football has always run in the family,” Sunny Singh Gill informed the English Football League web site final yr. “Me and my brother grew up loving the game and, like most young kids, we just wanted to play but in our household it was a bit different because when we were going to primary school, we knew our dad was going out to referee on a weekend. There were times he was a fourth official in the Premier League and our friends would say they saw him on ‘Match of the Day.’”
Sunny Singh Gill took cost of his first Sunday League match when he was 17. In 2021, each he and Bhupinder turned the first individuals of Indian descent to officiate in the identical Championship match. The Championship is the tier under the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Paul Tierney has not been chosen to referee a game within the subsequent spherical of Premier League matches, within the wake of his mistake within the Nottingham Forest-Liverpool game on March 9. He will as an alternative be a video assistant referee for Arsenal’s house game in opposition to Brentford on March 9
Tierney stopped play after Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate sustained a knock to the pinnacle at a Forest nook simply earlier than Liverpool’s stoppage-time objective.
After Konate shortly recovered, Tierney dropped the ball to Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher — although Forest had possession on the sting of Liverpool’s space in the meanwhile play was halted.
Forest’s gamers and training workers have been livid after the ultimate whistle, with membership proprietor Evangelos Marinakis coming down to the touchline to categorical his unhappiness and later strategy Tierney.
