The 2020 FA Cup final was quite the spectacle for a number of reasons, not least because of the lack of spectators at the end of season showpiece. The Arsenal v Chelsea encounter had goals, red cards, injuries and great play… but also an underwhelming refereeing performance from Anthony Taylor who became the first official to oversee an FA Cup final twice. That decision and quite a lot else didn’t sit well with Keith Hackett, himself an FA Cup final referee in 1981 as well as the previous head of the refereeing body, PGMOL. “I expressed my disappointment that The FA had broke with modern tradition to appoint a referee for a second FA Cup Final,” he told CaughtOffside exclusively at...
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