Sunny Singh Gill set to make history by realising Premier League dream
Official will become first British South Asian to referee a Premier League fixture at Selhurst Park on Saturday
Last Tuesday night Sunny Singh Gill was centre stage at the Stadium of Light, refereeing Sunderland v Leicester in front of a crowd of more than 40,000. Deep in stoppage time, the home side, trailing 1-0 to the Championship leaders, appealed for a penalty and one of England’s loudest, most passionate, audiences turned up the volume to ear-splitting levels.
Sunderland’s home can be an intimidating place in such moments but, almost certainly correctly, Singh Gill remained adamant Daniel Ballard had tumbled in the box a little too easily and Leicester held on to secure a win that could prove pivotal in the race for automatic promotion.
