Assistant referee Darren Cann will officiate his final professional match this weekend when Manchester City take on Crystal Palace.
The hugely decorated individual will be hanging up his flag after the fixture at the Etihad Stadium, which will bring to a close an extraordinary career spanning more than three decades, two of which have been spent at the very top of the game.
Since reaching the Premier League in 2005, Cann has officiated a record-breaking number of matches, with Saturday marking his 579th and final appearance – the most by any match official in the competition’s history.
In total, he has overseen more than 1,000 professional matches domestically and on the international stage, setting the…