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Daily Mirror
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Daniel Orme

Referee to make Premier League return four years after sacking for "dark private joke"

Former Premier League referee Bobby Madley is set to make a return to top-flight officiating this weekend - more than four years after being sacked for mocking a disabled person.

The 37-year-old has not taken charge of a Premier League game since August 2018, after announcing that he had left his job and decided to relocate "due to a change in his personal circumstances."

He later revealed he had been sacked after sending a video to someone he “trusted” after being teased about a parents' race at his daughter's school and a newspaper article written by former referee Mark Halsey claiming he was making mistakes because he was overweight.

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