Albion fans got a first look at one of the new quartet of Premier League referees.

John Brooks had a busier time than he might have expected as he took charge of the friendly against Getafe.

He showed yellow to two members of each team and had to break up a confrontation between players when Getafe defender Chema stayed down after an incident with Neal Maupay.

Brooks, from Leicestershire, has been in Select Group 2 as a referee since 2018.

Before that he was a Premier League assistant and was on the line for 2016 FA Cup Final.

The other new refs are former A-League official Jarred Gillett, Michael Salisbury and Tony Harrington.

Harrington has refereed at the Amex before.

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He was in charge when Albion beat Blackburn 1-0 late in the 2016-17 promotion season through a Glenn Murray goal.

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Lee Mason, the referee involved in farcical scenes when Lewis Dunk had a free-kick goal disallowed at West Brom last term, will no longer be out in the middle.

He will become the Prem’s first dedicated VAR official this season.