Darren England (born 23 December 1985) is a Premier League football referee, who was promoted in August 2020.
[2] He refereed the League Two Play-Off Final in 2017 between Blackpool v Exeter City and then was promoted to the Select Group 2 list.
[4] On 30 September 2023, England was on VAR duty for a Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, a game which resulted in a 2–1 victory for Spurs.
[5] After the match, PGMOL released a statement admitting that this was a "significant human error" and that "VAR failed to intervene".
[8] Liverpool later released a statement acknowledging PGMOL's admission of failure, stating that it was "unsatisfactory that sufficient time was not afforded to allow the correct decision to be made and that there was no subsequent intervention", and that they will "explore a range of options [...] given the clear need for escalation and resolution.