Martin Atkinson (49 on his next birthday) from Leeds.
A former teacher, his last Palace match was the 2-2 draw at Arsenal on October 27.
Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, Daniel Cook. 
Fourth official: Peter Bankes. 
VAR: Andre Marriner. Assistant VAR: Ian Hussin.

Normally a pretty good ref, let's hope for a good performance from him and us and a poor one from Watford.

I am determined to live until I am as old as I look.

I just hope they are not to exited about Pearson getting the job as manager. This could be trickier than it should be.

Watch out for the J Mac neck grab or a Deeney / Pearson punch up.

Edited by HKOwen (07 Dec 2019 7.19am)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Very poor performance from a 'top' referee. I despair sometimes... he certainly seems to have a problem with Wilf these days. Shocker.

Mistakes are irritating but can be put down to human error.

Wilf's booking yesterday does not fall into that category.

Atkinson was following the ball and he booked Wilf because he wanted to believe it was him that committed an offence whereas in fact it was the Watford player. He should have been booked and Palace awarded a free kick.

And, with respect to Superhorns3 who is a welcome poster on here, I sincerely hope Watford go down this season. It doesn't seem to matter which collection of mercenaries they select, they are a team of play acting , cheating thugs with that jailbird up front orchestrating events while always moaning to the referee.

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