Referee Clattenburg banned over Ed Sheeran concert dash

Official twice breached protocol in his efforts to make pop concert on Saturday night

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Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has been suspended for this weekend's round of games, after breaching protocol in order to get to an Ed Sheeran concert on Saturday night.

The official took charge of the game between West Brom and Crystal Palace at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, but committed what The Sun calls a "crazy double offence" in his efforts to see pop singer Sheeran perform later that evening.

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