Premier League referee Andre Marriner was ‘told to leave son’s UNDER-NINES game for mouthing off at official’

PREMIER LEAGUE official Andre Marriner “was told to leave pitchside at an UNDER NINES game for mouthing off at a ref”, according to a report.

The whistler, 52, is one of the most-experienced ref’s in the top-flight.

GettyAndre Marriner was allegedly told leave the touchline for abusing a ref in charge of his son’s U9 game[/caption]

Marriner has taken charge of 386 Premier League fixtures, dishing out 1,197 yellow cards and 67 reds during that period.

And he is well on the way to becoming only the third official after Martin Atkinson and Mike Dean to reach the 400-game mark.

However, a report in The Guardian has claimed that Marriner was ordered to leave an U9s game due to his language while watching his son play.

It states that the man who was also on the Fifa referee list from 2009 to 2017 was asked to go away from the touchline for mouthing off the official in charge of his boy’s match.

Marriner was promoted to the list of Select Group Referees who officiate primarily in the Premier League back in 2005.

Eight years later he was picked to take charge of the FA Cup Final and his last outing in the middle was for Chelsea’s 3-1 win at Leicester City on March 11.

He handed out three yellow cards during that match as well as sending off Foxes defender Wout Faes for two bookable offences.

And just last month he was slammed by Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag for sending-off Casemiro against Crystal Palace.

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have been approached by Sun Sport for comment regarding today’s report.

Marriner has previously stated that he and the rest of the Premier League’s referees are put under the same sort of scrutiny as “surgeons”.

He said: “I can’t think of any other job where there’s this much scrutiny over decision-making. Maybe a surgeon?”