Kevin Friend has been appointed referee for City's trip to Watford

City Report

·2 December 2021

Kevin Friend has been appointed referee for City's trip to Watford

The title race is heating up, games are coming thick and fast - with that in mind you need friends; so, Kevin Friend will referee the match at Vicarage Road against a Watford side finding their feet.

KEVIN FRIEND

So far this calendar year the Leicestershire native has been a friend of Manchester City, having refereed two games, with City winning both, scoring four in each, but also awarding a penalty to the opposition in each (City's 4-3 victory at St James Park towards the end of last season and the 4-1 victory at Brighton in October of this season). In total Friend has took charge of 31 games in which City have participated, with the blues winning a healthy 21 of them, drawing 6, and losing the other 4 - in those 31 games Kevin Friend has never sent off a City player, so that's that jinxed!