Referee Banned from Officiating Arsenal and Man City Games in Carabao Cup
Peter Bankes will take charge of the Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday.
He would not have been allowed to officiate if Liverpool had reached the final.
Bankes is barred from taking charge of Liverpool fixtures. His county FA is the Liverpool Football Association.
The same restriction covers matches involving Everton.
The appointment revived debate over refereeing rules.
Some online lists use headings like Referee Banned from Officiating Arsenal and Man City Games in Carabao Cup.
Bankes became eligible after Liverpool were knocked out by Crystal Palace in the fourth round.
Palace won 3-0 at Anfield in October.
Match officials named for Wembley
- Referee: Peter Bankes
- Assistant referees: Neil Davies and Steve Meredith
- Reserve assistant referee: Marc Perry
- Fourth official: Tom Bramall
- VAR: John Brooks and Dan Robathanin
Bankes this season and in his career
- This season Bankes has refereed 22 Premier League matches.
- He has awarded six penalties and shown four red cards.
- He has overseen 14 Arsenal games in his refereeing career.
- This includes Arsenal’s Carabao Cup second leg semi-final against Chelsea.
- He has refereed 12 Manchester City matches.
- That tally includes City’s 5-1 defeat to Arsenal last season.
- He also took charge of an Arsenal v Manchester City fixture last season.
Filmogaz.com will provide coverage of the final and post-match analysis.
