BBC Sport marks out of 10 for the referees who took control of the weekend's Premiership games.
10 - out of this world
9 - brilliant
8 - very good
7 - good
6 - average
5 - below par
4 - poor
3 - dismal
MIKE RILEY (CHARLTON v MAN UTD) - 8
Allowed the game to flow from end to end with a competent, unfussy authority. Perhaps one of the biggest compliments you can give a referee is to say he was largely unseen.
MARK HALSEY (CHELSEA v NEWCASTLE) - 8
Halsey refereed a good game, allowing strong and fair tackles from both sides to pass without the need to feel trigger happy with his whistle.
PETER WALTON (LIVERPOOL v PORTSMOUTH) - 6
His penalty award for Liverpool's first was a touch soft and Portsmouth felt they were denied a spotkick when John Viafara was tackled by Stephen Warnock.
MARTIN ATKINSON (MAN C v BLACKBURN) - 5
Made six bookings in a game that was never sufficiently competitive to be particularly dirty, but failed to book Danny Mills for an off the ball incident with Morten Gamst Pedersen.
CHRIS FOY (SUNDERLAND v A VILLA) - 5
Villa looked like they may have been denied a goal in the first half by a poor decision, while the ball may have gone out in the build-up to their opener and Sunderland's late penalty looked dubious.
DERMOT GALLAGHER (WEST BROM v EVERTON) - 5
Gave a penalty when the challenge appeared to be outside the box and did not penalise Baggies keeper Tomasz Kuszczak for handling outside the area.
GRAHAM POLL (WIGAN v ARSENAL) - 8
Prevented a bout of shoving from becoming something more serious when players squared up after Wigan's first goal. Did make a number of cautions but was never over-officious.
URIAH RENNIE (BORO v FULHAM) - 7
Kept the game flowing but left Fulham incensed by his decision to allow Yakubu's goal.
ALAN WILEY (SPURS v WEST HAM) - 6
Handled the fiery moments reasonably well, although was rather lenient not to produce a card when Mido challenged Danny Gabbidon in the air with arms raised.
PHIL DOWD (BIRMINGHAM v BOLTON) -
Left it just an hour before kick off to call the game off, but heavy fog around St Andrews left him with no choice.
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