Robinson to Referee Tottenham Match
Tuesday, 18th Feb 2025 17:09

Town’s home game against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday afternoon will be refereed by Tim Robinson, who will be making his first visit to Portman Road since taking charge of the Leicester City match in November.

During the Foxes’ visit, the Blues, then 1-0 in front, were denied a penalty when Conor Chaplin was clearly fouled inside the area by Abdul Fatawu.

VAR opted not to overturn the penalty decision, despite the official appearing to have been unsighted when the incident took place, and to add insult to injury Kalvin Phillips was harshly dismissed for a second bookable offence in the aftermath.

The game eventually ended 1-1 with the visitors levelling in the fourth minute of injury time.

Following the match, Town CEO and chairman Mark Ashton and manager Kieran McKenna held a meeting with Howard Webb, the chief refereeing officer for the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), at Portman Road with the controversy one of a number of refereeing and VAR decisions which had gone against the Blues over the course of several fixtures.

West Sussex-based Robinson will be assisted on Saturday by Simon Long and Steve Meredith with the fourth official David Webb. The VAR official will be Chris Kavanagh and his assistant Tim Wood.

Photo: Matchday Images

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blueboy1981 added 18:32 - Feb 19 Kiddies Blue Tints and Comments out in force again - please don’t be so Pathetic even before the game, least of all potentially after it !
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armchaircritic59 added 00:49 - Feb 20

I can remember when our referees in this country were once the best in the world. Standards appear to have slipped somewhat, with the odd exception. I think our refereeing body should look at the likes of Clement Turpin, if they want to show an example to our refs of how to referee a football match. In my opinion, the best in the world, makes it clear he's in charge, but in an unfussy way, goes about his business professionally and unlike quite a few, is actually pretty fit so can get around the pitch. Football is a fast moving, athletic game and should be refereed by people who are at least reasonably fit. Also it appears players largely respect him. And yes, like any human being, he does make the occasional mistake, but fewer than many!

On the subject of Mr Robinson, I've seen quite a few angles of the CC incident, and one made clear that he had a very clear view of it. So if anyone from any official body is suggesting he didn't, they are disingenous at best, and outright lying at worst. Would have been so much easier if everyone concerned after the match had just held their hands up and admitted they got it wrong, I'm sure most would have accepted it and moved on. We all make errors of judgement including me. Let's hope the game this weekend has no hugely disputable incidents.