Refereeing the Merseyside derby is one of the biggest tasks officials can be given, and it’s been handed to Simon Hooper for the second clash between Everton and Liverpool this season.
This is Hooper’s fifth season as a Premier League regular and he’s refereed a number of big matches in that time, but it doesn’t get much bigger than one of the world’s fiercest rivalries.
Here’s what’s happened when he’s been on the pitch with Liverpool and Everton in the past.
Hooper has been given three Liverpool matches in his career and they’ve all proven to be relatively tame affairs, with him handing…
