FA Cup referee appointments this weekend including Derby v Leeds United, Tottenham v Aston Villa & more

Leeds United and Derby County have discovered which team of match officials will oversee their FA Cup third round tie at Pride Park on Sunday lunchtime.

The Whites will renew acquaintances with their former Championship rivals in front of the TNT Sports cameras and will hope to avoid being on the wrong end of an FA Cup upset against a Rams side currently sitting in mid-table in English football’s second tier.

An intense atmosphere is expected as Paul Warne’s side look to end Leeds’ hopes of reaching the fourth round of the competition for a fourth consecutive season and passions are expected to run high in the stands and on the pitch as the two sides look to secure a place in Monday’s draw.

One of English football’s elite match officials will be referee for the tie after the Football Association confirmed Anthony Taylor will be the man in the middle on Sunday. The Manchester-born official has overseen two Leeds fixtures so far this season and the Whites remain unbeaten in both after Taylor officiated oversaw the 3-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers in September before making his seasonal debut at Elland Road in last month’s dramatic 3-3 draw with reigning Premier League champions Liverpool.

But who are the officials for the other third round ties taking place this weekend?

FA Cup third round referee appointments

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

Referee: Stephen Martin Assistant Referees: Emily Carney & Robert Hyde Fourth Official: Stephen Parkinson

Doncaster Rovers v Southampton

Referee: John Busby Assistant Referees: Graham Kane & James Wilson Fourth Official: Darren Drysdale

Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

Referee: Craig Pawson Assistant Referees: Lee Betts & Matthew Wilkes Fourth Official: Michael Salisbury

Port Vale v Fleetwood Town

Referee: Benjamin Speedie Assistant Referees: Jacob Lehane & David Middleton Fourth Official: Michael Barlow

Preston North End v Wigan Athletic

Referee: Oliver Langford Assistant Referees: Mark Stevens & Shaun Hudson Fourth Official: Richard Eley

Ipswich Town v Blackpool

Referee: Thomas Parsons Assistant Referees: Marc Wilson & Andrew Ellis Fourth Official: Neil Hair

Wrexham v Nottingham Forest

Referee: Paul Tierney Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt & James Mainwaring Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell

Charlton Athletic v Chelsea

Referee: Christopher Kavanagh Assistant Referees: Ian Hussin & Dan Cook Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo

Manchester City v Exeter City

Referee: Adam Herczeg Assistant Referees: Callum Gough & Conor Brown Fourth Official: Sam Mulhall

West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers

Referee: Thomas Kirk Assistant Referees: Johnathon Bickerdike & Matthew Smith Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

Referee: Josh Smith Assistant Referees: Sam Lewis & George Byrne Fourth Official: David Webb

Fulham v Middlesbrough

Referee: Lewis Smith Assistant Referees: Alex James & Bhupinder Singh Gill Fourth Official: Craig Hicks

Everton v Sunderland

Referee: John Brooks Assistant Referees: Simon Bennett & Nick Greenhalgh Fourth Official: Tony Harrington

Liverpool v Barnsley

Referee: Farai Hallam Assistant Referees: Alistair Nelson & Hristo Karaivanov Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo

Burnley v Millwall

Referee: Anthony Backhouse Assistant Referees: Paul Hodskinson & Richard Woodward Fourth Official: Samuel Allison

Norwich City v Walsall

Referee: Edward Duckworth Assistant Referees: Conall Bartlett & Alan Cresswell Fourth Official: Carl Brook

Portsmouth v Arsenal

Referee: Tony Harrington Assistant Referees: Steven Meredith & Sian Massey-Ellis Fourth Official: Leigh Doughty

Derby County v Leeds United

Referee: Anthony Taylor Assistant Referees: Adam Nunn & Blake Antrobus Fourth Official: Darren England

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion

Referee: Elliot Bell Assistant Referees: Harley Mckittrick & Harley Hetherington Fourth Official: Oliver Mackey

Salford City v Swindon Town

Referee: Alex Chilowicz Assistant Referees: Bradley Hall & Daniel Woodward Fourth Official: Paul Marsden

Boreham Wood v Burton Albion

Referee: Andrew Humphries Assistant Referees: Alex Bradley & Jack Clench Fourth Official: Alan Young

Grimsby Town v Weston super Mare

Referee: Martin Coy Assistant Referees: Drew Dutton & Graeme Fyvie Fourth Official: Aaron Bannister

Hull City v Blackburn Rovers

Referee: Will Finnie Assistant Referees: Thomas Cooke & Samuel Clayton Fourth Official: James Oldham

Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth

Referee: Thomas Bramall Assistant Referees: Edward Smart & Mark Scholes Fourth Official: Robert Jones

Milton Keynes Dons v Oxford United

Referee: Paul Howard Assistant Referees: Danny Jarvis & Matthew Sowerby Fourth Official: Aaron Farmer

Cheltenham Town v Leicester City

Referee: James Linington Assistant Referees: Mark Russell & Jacob Graham Fourth Official: James Durkin

Cambridge United v Birmingham City

Referee: Matt Corlett Assistant Referees: Joe Simpson & James Tewson Fourth Official: Harry Wager

Bristol City v Watford

Referee: Tom Reeves Assistant Referees: Michael Webb & Jonathon Block Fourth Official: Ben Atkinson

Stoke City v Coventry City

Referee: Tom Nield Assistant Referees: Andrew Dallison & David Harrison Fourth Official: Dale Baines

Macclesfield v Crystal Palace

Referee: Tim Robinson Assistant Referees: Timothy Wood & Wade Smith Fourth Official: Andrew Kitchen

Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion

Referee: Simon Hooper Assistant Referees: Adrian Holmes & Simon Long Fourth Official: Paul Tierney

Sheffield United v Mansfield Town

Referee: Gavin Ward Assistant Referees: Hugh Gilroy & Nigel Lugg Fourth Official: Isaac Searle

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