Tony Harrington to referee Albion's Coventry City game | OneFootball

Tony Harrington will referee Albion's game at Coventry City on Sunday.

It will be his sixth appointment of the season and only his second in the Premier League. According to TheArgus.co.uk, the Cleveland-based official has been assigned to the fixture.

This term he handled Leeds' 1-1 draw with Brentford, plus two Championship ties and one each in League One and the Carabao Cup. He has shown 14 yellows and one red, close to last season's rate of 57 yellows and three reds in 18 games.

Albion last had him midway through the 2024-25 season at promoted Ipswich Town, a midweek 2-0 win.

That night featured a feisty duel between Jan Paul van Hecke and Liam Delap, and debate when Joao Pedro's late challenge on Christian Walton drew only a yellow amid home appeals for a red.

His Albion history stretches back to April 2014 and a 0-0 draw at Barnsley. Three seasons ago he showed a straight red card to Billy Gilmour in a 1-1 draw with Everton at the Amex.

Peter Bankes will be VAR, the referee who declined a penalty for a challenge by John McGinn on Ibrahim in a recent 4-0 win. The Premier League’s independent Key Match Incident Panel later judged that decision incorrect while supporting VAR Matt Donohue's choice not to intervene.

Match officials for Coventry v Albion: Referee Tony Harrington, assistants Adrian Holmes and Mat Wilkes, fourth official Oliver Langford, VAR Peter Bankes, assistant VAR Lee Betts.

Source: TheArgus.co.uk

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