West Ham United v Everton
Premier League, London Stadium, Saturday 9 November 2024, 3pm GMT
Referee: Stuart Attwell
Assistant Referees: Constantine Hatzidakis and Wade Smith
Fourth Official: Tim Robinson
VAR: Darren England
Assistant VAR: James Mainwaring
Stuart Attwell has been confirmed as the referee for West Ham United’s Premier League clash at home to Everton on Saturday.
The 42-year-old became the-then youngest referee in Premier League history when, at 25, he took charge of Blackburn Rovers’ match against Hull City in August 2008.
He returned to the National List of Referees in 2012, but was promoted back to the Select Group for 2016/17 and earlier this season took charge of his 200th fixture in the English top flight.
Originally from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Attwell held the whistle during Liverpool’s penalty-shootout win over Chelsea in the 2021/22 EFL Cup final, and also oversaw Arsenal’s similarly dramatic Community Shield victory over Manchester City in August 2023.
He was the man in the middle during this fixture last season, that yielded a 1-0 win for Everton, and in total he has refereed 22 West Ham matches, the first being a 1-0 Premier League victory away at Wigan Athletic in March 2009.
Besides overseeing five top-tier games this term, including Fulham’s narrow win over Brentford on Monday night, he has refereed in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying and in the EFL Championship during 2024/25, as well as on the international scene in the UEFA Nations League.
Constantine Hatzidakis and Wade Smith will serve as the assistant referees at London Stadium.
Hatzidakis has ran the line in seven Premier League games this campaign, including alongside Attwell in Fulham’s aforementioned win over Brentford, while last weekend he served as the assistant VAR during West Ham’s defeat at Nottingham Forest.
Smith, meanwhile, has made eight of his 75 appearances as an assistant referee in the Premier League this season, including in the Hammers’ defeats by Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in September and October respectively.
Tim Robinson has been named as the fourth official for Saturday.
One of the Premier League’s newest regular referees, Robinson took charge of his first top-flight match in December 2019, a 1-0 win for Burnley over Newcastle United, and was promoted to Select Group One ahead of the 2023/24 season.
He held the whistle during West Ham’s 1-1 draw at Fulham in September, and has worked as a fourth official in the Premier League on six occasions so far in 2024/25.
Video Assistant Referee duties are set to be overseen by Darren England, who most recently refereed West Ham during the 2-2 home draw with Burnley in March. He is set to be assisted by James Mainwaring.
