assistant referee

British

noun

soccer the official name for linesman

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Three-quarters of fans of Premier League clubs are against the use of the video assistant referee, according to a survey by the Football Supporters' Association.

From BBC

Refereeing mistakes on the field and through the video assistant referee have risen across most categories in this season's Premier League.

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The video assistant referee did not intervene on any of the calls, to ask referee Stuart Attwell to review his decisions.

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Wilson's goal, which was allowed to stand following a check from the video assistant referee Craig Pawson, came after Spurs had a similar effort ruled out the week before in their 4-1 loss to Arsenal for a foul by Randal Kolo Muani on Gunners defender Gabriel.

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Former Premier League assistant referee referee Darren Cann told BBC Sport he had never seen anything as strange "in 50 years of watching football" after seeing the incident on Saturday.

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