Darren England is an English football referee born on 23 December 1985. He made his Premier League debut on 18 January 2020. He has been FIFA-listed since 2022. England moved up from Select Group 2 and was added to the FIFA international list in 2022.
Darren England is an English football referee born on 23 December 1985. He made his Premier League debut on 18 January 2020. He has been FIFA-listed since 2022. England moved up from Select Group 2 and was added to the FIFA international list in 2022. 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, England has officiated 18 league matches, averaging 21.72 fouls, 0.17 penalties, 3.89 yellow cards and 0.17 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a balanced but firm profile, with a solid middle ground in disciplinary terms. For The VAR Verdict, that statistical snapshot helps readers understand the disciplinary threshold and general tone he has shown this season.
Darren England is presented with a data-first profile based on publicly available information and the statistics entered in the referee database.
Referee style: Balanced but firm.
