On 8 April 2023, Salisbury was the VAR official for a Brighton & Hove Albion's 2–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur and failed to intervene after referee Stuart Attwell missed a trip by Pierre-Emile Højbjerg on Kaoru Mitoma in the penalty area when the score was 1–1. PGMOL subsequently offered an apology to Brighton, and Salisbury was dropped from the subsequent Premier League fixtures
On 14 August 2023, Salisbury was the VAR official for a Manchester United's 1–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers. Manchester United goalkeeper André Onana collided with Wolves forward Sasa Kalajdzic in the penalty area during stoppage time and the on-field referee, Simon Hooper, did not award the penalty and Salisbury failed to intervene and award the penalty. PGMOL apologised to Wolves Manager Gary O'Neil after the game, and Salisbury along with Hooper and the Assistant VAR were dropped for the subsequent Premier League fixtures
On 27 November 2023, Salisbury refereed Fulham's 3–2 win over Wolves at Craven Cottage, with Salisbury awarding three penalties during the match. Wolves manager Gary O'Neil said after the game that Salisbury admitted that Fulham's first penalty should have been overturned, with O'Neil also stating that he disputed with Salisbury over whether Carlos Vinícius should have been sent off for a headbutt. The Premier League's Independent Key Match Incidents Panel found that Salisbury had made two errors during the match in awarding the first penalty to Fulham and not sending Vinícius off. On 31 August 2025, he was dropped from his VAR duties for a match between Liverpool and Arsenal. It came after when Sailsbury played a controversial role of recommending referee Robert Jones to disallow a goal from Fulham’s Josh King in the 21st minute.The decision was widely condemned by pundits"It might not be the easiest job but it's the best job"
Re: Yesterday's VAR Ref
Posted by bigsteefc on December 21, 2025, 4:41 pm, in reply to "Yesterday's VAR Ref "
Top 6 team all that gets analysed and he gets dropped, anyone else fucking forget it.1=20
Re: Yesterday's VAR Ref
Posted by Chinaski on December 21, 2025, 2:29 pm, in reply to "Yesterday's VAR Ref "
Im not sure whether the Barry incident was a definite pen or not, but why do we seem to always get referee's/VAR even refusing to review these things? It certainly warranted another look
It was reviewed and deemed to be not enough impact (paraphrasing). Saliba kicked Barry up in the air, not sure how much harder he could have impacted. Oh to be refereed fairly. Those incidents have been penalties all season. Stinks.UTFT FTRS Stop bloody raining.
It shouldn't have even registered as a subjective call that could go either way depending on who's on var. This was black and white and consistent with many awards already this season. No wonder people think there is a silent corruption in the game.UTFT FTRS Stop bloody raining.
There's no way that doesn't get given at the other end.
Re: Yesterday's VAR Ref
Posted by fat-freddy's-cat on December 21, 2025, 2:19 pm, in reply to "Yesterday's VAR Ref "
Its the refereeing standards and VAR (and to a lesser extent Bramley Moore) thats putting me off the game. Everton held out for longer than most but the game has gone and has been losing its attraction for decades not least because of the machinations of the Premier League, EUFA and FIFA. Add to that the non-sensical (aside from income) kick off times and the way Crystal Palace have been treated this week
Hate football, love Everton and quite looking forward to the Morocco game tonight shitting in Fat Freddy's shoes since 1969
Too many people making too much money out of it now to ever change....made me laugh when it was the same people frothing at the mouth about linekers BBC wages but would happily pay 50 quid a month to line Carraghers, Neville's, Rednapps, Sturridges, Keane's, Richards etc pockets.
on December 21, 2025, 12:41 pm