Bright Singh Gill has change into the primary British South Asian to referee a Premier League fit by way of taking fee of Crystal Palace’s house recreation with Luton at Selhurst Landscape on Saturday.
The reliable had a quitness fit, as Palace took an early supremacy ahead of Cauley Woodrow equalised for Luton six mins into added past on the finish of the sport.
He issued his first Premier League reserving to Issa Kabore for a reckless problem on Jefferson Lerma within the twenty seventh slight, and confirmed his 2d yellow to Eberechi Eze for a whisk on Reece Burke’s blouse.
Referee Bright Singh Gill. Pic: PA
Presen there was once minute controversy at the sound, he provoked a cranky response from former Premier League referee grew to become Sky Sports activities pundit, Mike Dean, when he was once distinguishable signing autographs at half-time.
Dean complained on Football Saturday: “I did get autograph requests after 300 games! You should sign autographs before the game or after the game but not at half-time!”
Luton The town’s Cauley Woodrow (2d proper) celebrates his past due equaliser. Pic: PA
Soccer scribbler Vai Bhardwaj stated he was once “extremely proud, as a fellow British Asian, to see Sunny Singh Gill become the first British South Asian to referee in the Premier League. A huge moment!”
Skilled Recreation Fit Officers Restricted (PGMOL) stated, merely, “congratulations, Sunny!”
Soccer runs in Gill’s blood, as he’s the eldest son of league soccer’s first turbaned Sikh referee, the trailblazing Jarnail Singh, who refereed greater than 150 English Soccer League (EFL) suits around the sections between 2004 and 2010.
Gill’s brother, Bhupinder Singh Gill, changed into the primary Sikh-Punjabi worker referee to officiate within the Premier League when he ran the sequence within the fit between Southampton and Nottingham Woodland in January closing day.
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Gill, a former jail officer, additionally made historical past in January by way of turning into the primary British South Asian to referee a recreation between two Premier League groups when he was once in control of Brighton’s FA Cup fourth spherical win at Sheffield United.
Bright Singh Gill ahead of kick-off. Pic: PA
Bright is the highest-ranked referee from a South Asian background in English soccer, and Bhupinder is probably the most senior worker referee hailing from the population.
