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Nick
Hopton
ASSISTANT REFEREE · 45 appearances
England · FA · UEFA

Nick Hopton

🚩England assistant referee · 7 competitions

Career Stats

7 comps
45
total appearances
22
Asst. Ref
7
VAR
16
AVAR
Domestic 33International 12

Season-by-Season Activity

'20/21
1
'21/22
3
'22/23
1
'23/24
1
'25/26
35
ARVARAVAR
SeasonTotalARVARAVAR
2025/263515713
2023/241——1
2022/2311——
2021/2233——
2020/2111——
42—2

Career Milestones

Career-firsts tracked in our database.

First tracked match17/09/2020
FK Sileks v KF Drita
Europa League
First international match17/09/2020
FK Sileks v KF Drita
Europa League
First VAR appearance20/09/2025
West Ham v Crystal Palace
Premier League
First Champions League match28/07/2021
Hjk Helsinki v Malmö FF
Champions League

Match Activity

41 matches · 6 years
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Role:VARAVARNo match
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Top 20% among England officials

Peer Benchmark

Match Count80%
Seasons Active85%
Competitions82%

Median in England: 8 matches · 1 season

Recent Matches

05Mar2026
Premier League
Tottenham HotspurvsCrystal Palace
VAR
28Feb2026
Premier League
Newcastle UnitedvsEverton
VAR
21Feb2026
Premier League
BrentfordvsBrighton
VAR
10Feb2026
Premier League
Tottenham HotspurvsNewcastle United
VAR
08Feb2026
Premier League
BrightonvsCrystal Palace
AVAR
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Least-Officiated Teams

Clubs in their current competition, ordered by how seldom this official has worked their matches.

Each number = matches officiated involving that club · 0× = never officiated them

  1. 1Arsenal FC29×
  2. 2Aston Villa FC29×
  3. 3Bournemouth29×
  4. 4Brentford29×
  5. 5Brighton29×
  6. 6Burnley29×
  7. 7Chelsea FC29×
  8. 8Crystal Palace29×
  9. 9Everton29×
  10. 10Fulham29×

Top Destinations

  1. 1Helsinki
    2×
  2. 2Sant Joan Despi
    2×
  3. 3Amsterdam
    1×
  4. 4Mostar
    1×
  5. 5Ohrid
    1×
  6. 6Seixal
    1×
  7. 7Skopje
    1×
  8. 8Sofia
    1×

Venues Visited(8)

Every stadium Nick Hopton has officiated at, with the matches worked there.

Sant Joan DespiSant Joan Despi
2 matches
HelsinkiHelsinki
2 matches
OhridOhrid
1 match
SofiaSofia
1 match
SeixalSeixal
1 match
SkopjeSkopje
1 match
AmsterdamAmsterdam
1 match
MostarMostar
1 match

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Career Events

Career events (UEFA courses, awards) will appear here when available.

Season Reports

2025/26 (35)2023/24 (1)2022/23 (1)2021/22 (3)2020/21 (1) (4)