Referee Chris Kavanagh is set to miss out on overseeing any top-flight game this weekend after a series of blunders left fans fuming - and some readers in the Chronicle Live comments section say that this 'punishment' is still not enough to satisfy them.

Kavanagh and his assistants were roundly slammed for their performance in the 3-1 victory over Aston Villa in the FA Cup Fourth Round tie on Saturday. There was no VAR to fall back on, as is the case for every Fourth Round match, so the on-pitch decisions stood.

They failed to spot Tammy Abraham was offside for Villa’s opening goal, missed a shin-high tackle by Villa full-back Lucas Digne on Newcastle’s Jacob Murphy which could have warranted a straight red card and then gave a free-kick for a handball by Digne even though he was clearly inside the penalty area at the time.

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