West Ham United v Manchester City
Premier League, London Stadium, Saturday 16 September, 3pm BST
Referee: Andy Madley
Assistant Referees: Harry Lennard & Nick Hopton
Fourth Official: Thomas Bramall
VAR: Darren Bond
Assistant VAR: Scott Ledger
Andy Madley will be the man in the middle when West Ham United welcome Manchester City to London Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Madley, a 40-year-old referee from Huddersfield, has been on the Select Group 1 Referees list since 2019 and notably officiated the EFL League One Play-Off final between Preston North End and Swindon Town in 2015 as well as the 2019 League One Play-Off final between Charlton Athletic and Sunderland.
Having made his Premier League debut as a referee in the 2017/18 campaign, Madley has served mainly as a Premier League official since 2019/20 and has taken charge of three league matches so far this campaign; Newcastle’s opening day win over Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion’s victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the draw between Sheffield United and Everton.
Madley took charge of one West Ham Premier League game last season, when the Irons were beaten 2-1 away at Chelsea last September.
Joining Madley at Saturday’s Premier League outing will be assistant referees Harry Lennard and Nick Hopton. Hopton has worked with Madley in all three Premier League matches so far this campaign, while Lennard completed the trio for Everton’s draw at Sheffield United.
He has also been an assistant referee in Nottingham Forest’s home win over the Blades and Manchester United’s victory versus Forest.
Fourth official duties will be undertaken by Thomas Bramall, who has been a Premier League-level referee since 2022. Bramall was the main official for Liverpool’s home win against Bournemouth in August, and also refereed West Ham’s FA Cup fourth round win away to Derby County in January.
Video Assistant Referee responsibilities will be overseen by Darren Bond on Saturday. An experienced official across the EFL, Bond refereed Brentford’s 3-0 win at Fulham in August.
