Simon Hooper from Wiltshire will take charge of Queens Park Rangers’ FA Cup Third Round tie against Blackburn Rovers.
Teams: Queens Park Rangers v Blackburn Rovers
Competition: FA Cup – Third Round
Date: Saturday 7th January 2017
Assistant: Adam Crysell (Northamptonshire)
Assistant: Tim Wood (Gloucestershire)
Fourth Official: Lee Collins (Surrey)
Hooper joined the National List of referees in 2008 and has recently joined Select Group 2. His profile has been somewhat more modest in recent times after a more excitable start to the season in front of the cameras.
The official seemed destined for the top as he waved a flurry of yellow cards and a red during a Championship draw between Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.
He is being assisted by Adam Crysell (Northamptonshire) and Tim Wood (Gloucestershire) with Lee Collins (Surrey) the fourth official.
Crysell ran the line in Rangers 3-0 defeat up at Ipswich Town earlier in the season. Wood meanwhile was assistant in Rangers 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic.
Thus far this season he has taken charge of 23 games and has dished out 79 yellow cards – giving him an average of 3.43 cards per game. He has also issues one red card – Hildeberto Pereira getting a second yellow for over-exuberant celebration of that Forest leveller at Aston Villa.
Swansea City 0-0 QPR – 19.10.2010
Goals: NONE
Yellow: Alan Tate, Gary Monk, Angel Rangel, Darren Pratley; Kaspars Gorkss, Adel Taarabt, Alejandro Faurlin.
Burnley 2-0 QPR – 26.10.2013
Goals: Danny Ings 65, 88pen
Yellow: David Jones, Keith Treacy; Danny Simpson, Richard Dunne, Joey Barton, Junior Hoilett
QPR 2-1 Huddersfield Town – 18.01.2014
Goals: Charlie Austin 55, 79; Nahki Wells 68
Yellow: Clint Hill, Tom Carroll, Andy Johnson
QPR 1-0 Wigan Athletic – 25.03.2014
Goals: Yossi Benayoun 16
Yellow: Ravel Morrison, Yossi Benayoun; James McArthur
Red: Yossi Benayoun
QPR 2-2 Cardiff City – 15.08.2015
Goals: Clint Hill 33, Charlie Austin 56; Sean Morrison 63, Scott Malone 90
Yellow: NONE
Brentford1-0 QPR – 30.10.2015
Goals: Marco Djuricin 56
Yellow: Alan McCormack, Marco Djuricin; Clint Hill, Matt Phillips, Daniel Tozser.
QPR 2-3 Middlesbrough – 01.04.2016
Goals: Jamie Mackie 31, Tjaronn Chery 86; Jordan Rhodes 18, Gaston Ramirez 51, Ben Gibson 57
Yellow: James Perch
Huddersfield Town 2-1 QPR – 17.09.2016
Goals: Kasey Palmer 14, Elias Kachunga 62; Idrissa Sylla 76
Yellow: Mark Hudson, Jonathan Hogg; Tjaronn Chery, Ariel Borysiuk, Seb Polter, Idrissa Sylla.
