Gillett to referee Hull City v Boro play-off final

[Getty Images] The referee for Saturday's Championship play-off final between Hull City and Middlesbrough will be Jared Gillett. The Australian is usually a Premier League official but his one Championship game this season was Boro's crucial match at Ipswich on 19 April, when the fight for the top two was in full swing. The visitors were leading 2-1 when Town were awarded a controversial penalty for a tug on George Hirst in the area four minutes from time, allowing Jack Clarke to salvage a point which helped the Tractor Boys finish second, four points above Boro.

Four Boro players were booked in 39-year-old Gillett's total of six cautions on the day. One thing which will be different this time around is that the video assistant referee (VAR) will be in use at Wembley, whereas it was not at Portman Road. In last year's final, VAR intervened to chalk off a goal which would have put Sheffield United 2-0 up against Sunderland before the Black Cats came back to snatch a last-gasp 2-1 win.