Man City vs Man United FA Cup final 2023 referee: Paul Tierney record and VAR ahead of cup final

Joel Sritharan

Man City vs Man United FA Cup final 2023 referee: Paul Tierney record and VAR ahead of cup final image

Manchester City continue their hunt for a treble as they face Manchester United in the 2023 FA Cup final on Saturday, June 3.

The Citizens secured the first of their potential three trophies after beating Arsenal to the Premier League title, and they could complete the impressive feat by June 10 when they play Inter Milan in the Champions League final.

The Red Devils on the other hand are going for a domestic cup double following their EFL Cup win back in February. This will be the final game of Erik ten Hag's first season in charge.

The Sporting News looks at the officials in charge of the 2023 FA Cup final.

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Who is the referee for Man City vs Man United FA Cup final?

Paul Tierney has been put in charge of the 2023 FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. The 42-year-old has good experience at the top level of officiating, taking charge of 33 matches this season. In that time he has issued 125 yellow cards and three red cards.

Referee Paul Tierney
Assistants Neil Davies, Scott Ledger
Fourth official Peter Bankes
VAR David Coote
Assistant VAR Simon Long

Tierney last took charge of a Man City match back in February, when the Sky Blues won 4-1 away from home against Bournemouth. Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez, and Phil Foden all got on the scoresheet that day.

He also officiated City's wins over Chelsea and Forest this season, as well as the 1-0 FA Cup win over Arsenal.

The Lancashire FA referee has been involved with four Man United games this season, but this will be his first time leading a Manchester derby.

United won four of those matches against Arsenal, Fulham and Leeds but did lose to Brighton back in August.

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Man City vs Man United FA Cup final live stream, TV channel

  TV channel Streaming
Australia Paramount+
Canada Sportsnet Now
Hong Kong M Plus live
India SONY TEN 2 JioTV
Malaysia Astro SuperSport 4 Astro Go,
sooka
New Zealand Sky Sport 7 beIN Sports beIN Sports Connect
Singapore 111 mio Sports 1
UK BBC One, ITV 1 BBC iPlayer, STV
USA ESPN+

UK: The match will broadcast on both BBC One and ITV 1, and can be streamed on BBC iPlayer along with STV.

USA: This fixture can be streamed on ESPN+ for American viewers.

Canada: Viewers from Canada can stream this game on Sportsnet Now.

Australia: The final will not be broadcast in Australia, but can be streamed on Paramount+.

Joel Sritharan

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Joel Sritharan is a freelance writer for Sporting News UK.