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Referee Lee Mason dropped after Newcastle blunder
<h4><span style="font-size: 20px;">According to talkSPORT, the FA has decided not to use Lee Mason as a VAR for a Premier League match this weekend.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">This comes after Newcastle&#8217;s controversial Saturday goal that was disallowed.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">At the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Mason transitioned from being a referee to becoming a specialist video assistant referee.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">Mason worked as a referee for the Saturday Premier League match between Newcastle and Crystal Palace, where the home team had a goal disallowed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">Tyrick Mitchell&#8217;s own goal was first given by Michael Salisbury, the game&#8217;s center referee, but he was forced to reconsider after Mason begged him to.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">After colliding with Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, Newcastle attacker Joe Willock was given a foul by Salisbury.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">Replays, however, indicated that Mitchell had shoved Willock in the back, causing the collision, and that the goal ought to have stood.</span></p>