Nottingham Forest v West Ham United
Premier League, City Ground, Saturday 2 November 2024, 3pm GMT
Referee: Peter Bankes
Assistant Referees: Eddie Smart and Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth Official: Craig Pawson
VAR: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis
Peter Bankes has been confirmed as the referee for West Ham United’s Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
The 42-year-old has been part of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) Select Group One since the 2019/20 campaign, three seasons after being promoted to Select Group Two.
His first appointment in the top-flight came in August 2019, for Leicester City’s 3-1 home win over AFC Bournemouth, though he took charge of a West Ham game little under four years earlier in the third round of the EFL Cup, also at Leicester, with the Foxes winning that one 2-1 after extra-time.
In total, Bankes has held the whistle at eleven fixtures involving in the Hammers, including Premier League draws away at Bournemouth and at home to Newcastle United last season.
This term, he was the man in the middle of our Carabao Cup second round win over Bournemouth at the end of August, when a late Jarrod Bowen strike proved the difference between the sides at London Stadium.
Away from the domestic scene, Bankes has refereed at senior international level on two occasions, and in UEFA Conference League qualifying four times.
Eddie Smart and Nick Greenhalgh will serve as the assistant referees at the City Ground.
Smart has worked as an assistant in five Premier League matches this campaign, including alongside Greenhalgh when Forest beat Leicester 3-1 away from home in their most recent outing, on Friday 25 October.
That clash at the King Power Stadium was Greenhalgh’s eighth Premier League outing this term, while he has also run the line in UEFA Champions League qualifying and in the UEFA Nations League during 2024/25.
Craig Pawson has been named as the fourth official for Saturday.
One of the Premier League’s most experienced whistlers, who has been a part of the Select Group of Referees since 2013, Pawson was in charge of the aforementioned Leicester v Nottingham Forest clash last week, while he worked as the fourth official during West Ham’s defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur earlier this season.
American official Alex Chilowicz, who has refereed in EFL League One, League Two and in the EFL Cup in 2024/25, is set to oversee Video Assistant Referee duties, and he will be assisted by Constantine Hatzidakis.
