Andrew Kitchen referee
Referee Profile

Andrew Kitchen

England
Championship Referee FIFA-listed since No Event coverage ยท 100%
Birth DateJul 15, 1982
BirthplaceDurham
FederationThe FA
FIFA Listed SinceNo
Top-flight DebutApr 19, 2025
Biography

About Andrew Kitchen

Andrew Kitchen is an English professional football referee from Durham who has progressed rapidly through the domestic refereeing system. After spending two seasons officiating in the National League, Kitchen joined the Select Group 2 panel and became a regular referee in the EFL Championship. He made his Championship debut in September 2023 before reaching the Premier League, taking charge of West Ham United against Southampton on 19 April 2025. Kitchen continued to receive top-flight appointments during the 2025/26 season while remaining heavily involved in Championship fixtures. He has also worked as a fourth official and video match official at Premier League level.

Officiating record

Matches

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Match history

Recent Matches

Historical coverage is selective. We only show seasons and competitions where our sources provide enough verified referee data, so some older seasons may not be available.

Trusted archive

Full Match History

55 matches
Championship 2024/25 ยท January 24, 2025
Sheffield United 0โ€“3 Hull City AFC
2 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท January 21, 2025
Middlesbrough 2โ€“0 West Brom
1 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท January 4, 2025
Blackburn 0โ€“1 Burnley
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท December 29, 2024
Coventry 0โ€“0 Millwall
1 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท December 10, 2024
Portsmouth FC 0โ€“0 Norwich City
8 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท December 6, 2024
Burnley 1โ€“1 Middlesbrough
1 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท November 23, 2024
Sheffield Wednesday FC 1โ€“1 Cardiff
1 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท November 10, 2024
Hull City AFC 1โ€“2 West Brom
3 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท October 19, 2024
Cardiff 5โ€“0 Plymouth
4 1 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท October 2, 2024
Preston North End FC 3โ€“0 Watford
2 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท September 29, 2024
Swansea 1โ€“1 Bristol City
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท September 21, 2024
West Brom 1โ€“0 Plymouth
5 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท September 1, 2024
Sheffield United 1โ€“0 Watford
8 0 PEN 1 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท August 24, 2024
Bristol City 1โ€“1 Coventry
6 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Championship 2024/25 ยท August 10, 2024
Oxford United 2โ€“0 Norwich City
4 0 PEN 0 VAR 0 Details
Career

Competition & Season History

Historical coverage is selective. Only seasons with sufficient verified referee data are shown; some competitions and older seasons are intentionally unavailable when coverage is incomplete.

Championship

England
49trusted matches

2026/27

100% event coverage
Current season
Matches4
Yellow11
Red0
Penalties0
VAR Events0
VAR Appsโ€”

2025/26

100% event coverage ยท 80.9% league referee coverage
Good coverage
Matches22
Yellow57
Red3
Penalties5
VAR Events0
VAR Appsโ€”

2024/25

100% event coverage ยท 82.0% league referee coverage
Good coverage
Matches23
Yellow79
Red1
Penalties2
VAR Events0
VAR Appsโ€”

Premier League

England
6trusted matches

2025/26

100% event coverage ยท 98.7% league referee coverage
Excellent coverage
Matches4
Yellow15
Red0
Penalties1
VAR Events0
VAR Appsโ€”

2024/25

100% event coverage ยท 89.7% league referee coverage
Good coverage
Matches2
Yellow4
Red0
Penalties0
VAR Events0
VAR Appsโ€”

Tracked Statistics Snapshot

Matches55
Yellow Cards166
Red Cards4
Penalties8
Yellow / Covered Match3.02
Red / Covered Match0.07
Penalty / Covered Match0.15
VAR & Discipline

VAR Record

Explicit VAR Events0Provider-coded incidents
VAR Appointmentsโ€”Structured role coverage unavailable
Goal Cancelled0Explicit provider event
VAR Penalty0Explicit provider event

VAR event counts describe provider-coded incidents. They do not represent The VAR Verdict's editorial judgment on whether a decision was correct or incorrect.

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