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Bhupinder Singh Gill, first Indian-origin & Punjabi Sikh to officiate in an EPL game, comes from a family full of referees

As an English Football League referee, a young Jarnail Singh Gill’s fondest memory was officiating as a fourth referee in a Premier League fixture in the 2000s. The 61-year-old had also officiated in the English Football League when Bhaichung Bhutia played for Bury FC. Premier League assistant referee Bhupinder Singh Gill, with his father Jarnail and brother Sunny. (Facebook) But he was prouder on Wednesday night, as he watched his younger son Bhupinder Singh Gill becoming the first Indian-origin and Punjabi Sikh official to function as assistant referee in the English Premier League during the Southampton-Nottingham Forest match. Marc Perry was the other assistant referee for the game at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, with Thomas Bramal in charge in the middle. “My wife Baljit Kaur...