Sikh brothers Bhups and Sunny Singh Gill will make English Football League history this weekend when they become the first pair of British South Asians to officiate in the same Championship match.
Photo by Sky Sport Jarnail Singh flanked by sons Bhups Singh Gill (R) and Sunny Singh Gill (L)
Author: Dev Trehan
Source: Sky Sport
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Sikh brothers Bhups and Sunny Singh Gill will make English Football League history this weekend when they become the first pair of British South Asians to officiate in the same Championship match.
Bhups and Sunny, sons of the first turbaned Sikh to referee in the English Football League, Jarnail Singh, will be part of the officiating quartet for Saturday's game between Bristol City and Nottingham Forest.
The match takes place on April 10, ahead of the spring harvest festival of Vaisakhi early next week. Vaisakhi is widely celebrated in India and beyond, and is Sikhism's most important festival.
Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) - the body responsible for appointing match officials across the EFL - have confirmed Bhups as one of two assistant referees for the Sky Bet Championship clash at Ashton Gate, with Sunny named fourth official.
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