Ref Josh Smith to boss Hull City game
last updated Friday 06th January 2023, 9:55 PM
Match Referee News
Hull City v Fulham
FA Cup 3rd Round 22/23 at MKM Stadium
Saturday 7th January 2023 KO: 15:00
Referee: Josh Smith (Cambridgeshire)
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Referee: Josh Smith (Cambridgeshire)
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Josh Smith started refereeing on the Peterborough and District Junior Alliance League aged 14 in 2006 following in the footsteps of both his dad and grandfather who had refereed football and rugby league respectively.
In 2015, Smith was promoted to the EFL Assistant Referee list completing three years on the list before opting to specialise as a referee. He then received successive promotions from the National League onto the EFL referees list and then to the Select Group 2 List of Referees ahead of the 2020/21 season.
Josh Smith has only refed three Fulham games before this weekend the last of which was the 4-0 away defeat at Sheffield United in May 2022, the last game of our Championship winning season.
Earlier in the season Ref Smith refed Fulham's 4-1 home win against Barnsley in the Championship. Mr Smith kept his cards in his pocket and Fulham's goal scorers were Aleksandar Mitrovic, Fabio Carvalho, Neeskens Kebano and Harry Wilson.
His first Fulham game was when we beat Swansea City 3-1 at The Cottage at the end of September 2021. He yellow carded one player, Ben Cabango of Swansea City. Aleksandar Mitrovic scored all three goals, all in the first half.
Mr Smith last refed Hull City in their 3-1 away win at Blackpool in October 2022 when he yellow carded seven players, four from Hull's squad.
Last season he refed 37 games and dished out 143 yellows and 5 reds, so an average of 3.9 yellows per game. So far this season he has refed 18 games and dished out 92 yellows and 3 reds, an average of 5.1 yellows per game.
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