Sikh brothers Bhups and Sunny Singh Gill will make EFL history this weekend when they become the first pair of British South Asians to officiate in the same Championship match
London, April 6, 2021 - (Jan Shakti News Punjab)-
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 one of Sikhism's most important festivals.
PE teacher Bhupinder, 36, started refereeing in his mid-teens and is England's highest-ranked South Asian assistant referee. Sunny, 37, is a prison officer at HMP Feltham and started refereeing at 15. He is the most senior British South Asian referee in the country .
