Robert Jones is an English football referee born in Merseyside, England on 4 April 1987. He made his Premier League debut on 21 December 2019. He has been FIFA-listed since 2023. Jones joined the Premier League group in 2019 and later became a FIFA-listed referee. He is part of the current Premier League officiating pool and is regularly relevant for pre-match analysis, appointment previews and VAR-focused discussion.
In the 2025/26 Premier League season, Jones has officiated 15 league matches, averaging 20.67 fouls, 0.27 penalties, 4.20 yellow cards and 0.00 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a balanced but firm profile, with no red cards in his Premier League sample so far. For The VAR Verdict, that statistical snapshot helps readers understand the disciplinary threshold and general tone he has shown this season.