The teams of match officials for the 2025-26 Emirates FA Cup third round proper this weekend have been allocated.
With 32 ties scheduled to take place between Friday 9 and Monday 12 January 2026, we can now reveal which officials will be taking charge of each game.
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town
Referee: Stephen Martin
Assistant Referees: Emily Carney & Robert Hyde
Fourth Official: Stephen Parkinson
2 Doncaster Rovers v Southampton
Referee: John Busby
Assistant Referees: Graham Kane & James Wilson
Fourth Official: Darren Drysdale
3 Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistant Referees: Lee Betts & Matthew Wilkes
Fourth Official: Michael Salisbury
4 Port Vale v Fleetwood Town
Referee: Benjamin Speedie
Assistant Referees: Jacob Lehane & David Middleton
Fourth Official: Michael Barlow
5 Preston North End v Wigan Athletic
Referee: Oliver Langford
Assistant Referees: Mark Stevens & Shaun Hudson
Fourth Official: Richard Eley
6 Ipswich Town v Blackpool
Referee: Thomas Parsons
Assistant Referees: Marc Wilson & Andrew Ellis
Fourth Official: Neil Hair
7 Wrexham v Nottingham Forest
Referee: Paul Tierney
Assistant Referees: Stuart Burt & James Mainwaring
Fourth Official: Stuart Attwell
8 Charlton Athletic v Chelsea
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Assistant Referees: Ian Hussin & Dan Cook
Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo
9 Manchester City v Exeter City
Referee: Adam Herczeg
Assistant Referees: Callum Gough & Conor Brown
Fourth Official: Sam Mulhall
10 West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers
Referee: Thomas Kirk
Assistant Referees: Johnathon Bickerdike & Matthew Smith
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone
11 Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford
Referee: Josh Smith
Assistant Referees: Sam Lewis & George Byrne
Fourth Official: David Webb
12 Fulham v Middlesbrough
Referee: Lewis Smith
Assistant Referees: Alex James & Bhupinder Singh Gill
Fourth Official: Craig Hicks
13 Everton v Sunderland
Referee: John Brooks
Assistant Referees: Simon Bennett & Nick Greenhalgh
Fourth Official: Tony Harrington
14 Liverpool v Barnsley
Referee: Farai Hallam
Assistant Referees: Alistair Nelson & Hristo Karaivanov
Fourth Official: Ruebyn Ricardo
15 Burnley v Millwall
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Assistant Referees: Paul Hodskinson & Richard Woodward
Fourth Official: Samuel Allison
16 Norwich City v Walsall
Referee: Edward Duckworth
Assistant Referees: Conall Bartlett & Alan Cresswell
Fourth Official: Carl Brook
17 Portsmouth v Arsenal
Referee: Tony Harrington
Assistant Referees: Steven Meredith & Sian Massey-Ellis
Fourth Official: Leigh Doughty
18 Derby County v Leeds United
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant Referees: Adam Nunn & Blake Antrobus
Fourth Official: Darren England
19 Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion
Referee: Elliot Bell
Assistant Referees: Harley Mckittrick & Harley Hetherington
Fourth Official: Oliver Mackey
20 Salford City v Swindon Town
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Assistant Referees: Bradley Hall & Daniel Woodward
Fourth Official: Paul Marsden
21 Boreham Wood v Burton Albion
Referee: Andrew Humphries
Assistant Referees: Alex Bradley & Jack Clench
Fourth Official: Alan Young
22 Grimsby Town v Weston super Mare
Referee: Martin Coy
Assistant Referees: Drew Dutton & Graeme Fyvie
Fourth Official: Aaron Bannister
23 Hull City v Blackburn Rovers
Referee: Will Finnie
Assistant Referees: Thomas Cooke & Samuel Clayton
Fourth Official: James Oldham
24 Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth
Referee: Thomas Bramall
Assistant Referees: Edward Smart & Mark Scholes
Fourth Official: Robert Jones
25 Milton Keynes Dons v Oxford United
Referee: Paul Howard
Assistant Referees: Danny Jarvis & Matthew Sowerby
Fourth Official: Aaron Farmer
26 Cheltenham Town v Leicester City
Referee: James Linington
Assistant Referees: Mark Russell & Jacob Graham
Fourth Official: James Durkin
27 Cambridge United v Birmingham City
Referee: Matt Corlett
Assistant Referees: Joe Simpson & James Tewson
Fourth Official: Harry Wager
28 Bristol City v Watford
Referee: Tom Reeves
Assistant Referees: Michael Webb & Jonathon Block
Fourth Official: Ben Atkinson
29 Stoke City v Coventry City
Referee: Tom Nield
Assistant Referees: Andrew Dallison & David Harrison
Fourth Official: Dale Baines
30 Macclesfield v Crystal Palace
Referee: Tim Robinson
Assistant Referees: Timothy Wood & Wade Smith
Fourth Official: Andrew Kitchen
31 Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion
Referee: Simon Hooper
Assistant Referees: Adrian Holmes & Simon Long
Fourth Official: Paul Tierney
32 Sheffield United v Mansfield Town
Referee: Gavin Ward
Assistant Referees: Hugh Gilroy & Nigel Lugg
Fourth Official: Isaac Searle
