Best known this season for this....... http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...ts-referee-appointment-Norwich-Crystal-Palace Refs tend to stick up for eachother so for him to be slagged off in public he can't be great. Not particularly card happy so that's a good thing I guess....... http://www.soccerbase.com/referees/referee.sd?referee_id=1081 Although looks like he's being punished because he's not had a premiership game since then and even reffed in league two last time out.
Last time Simon Hooper did us we lost Swansea 3-1 at the same stage of the League Cup as we play tomorrow. Before that he did us at Pompey when we lost 2-0, of which I think was on Sky a cold Saturday teatime. Looking at his stats, he's 'reffed' a lot of lower league games so could easily crumble under the pressure. The Premier League obviously rate him very highly to throw him from refereeing the League 2 play off final in May to refereeing the opening day of the season in the Premier League.
