Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has announced that two new referees, Tim Robinson and Darren Bond, have been promoted to Select Group 1 and will officiate in the Premier League next season. Robinson took charge of his first Premier League match in December 2019, Burnley v Newcastle United. The …
Read More »New appointments to PGMOL leadership team!
Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body that manages the Premier League match officials, has confirmed a number of appointments to its Leadership Team. In addition to Howard Webb arriving as Chief Refereeing Officer during this international break, Danielle Every, Dr Steve McNally and Dr Wayne Allison have all …
Read More »Howard Webb to become Chief Refereeing Officer at PGMOL!
Howard Webb will take up the role of Chief Refereeing Officer in the coming months, PGMOL has confirmed. Webb will take up his new post when his current contract as General Manager of Professional Referee Organisation (PRO), the body responsible for managing the match officials programme in the United States …
Read More »Four new officials for 2022/23 Premier League!
Four new officials will operate in next season’s Premier League after they were promoted by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Referee Tom Bramall, as well as assistant referees Natalie Aspinall, Nick Greenhalgh and Steve Meredith, will now join Select Group 1 from the 2022/23 campaign. Tom Bramall The 32-year-old …
Read More »Premier League joins call for further action against racism!
Led by English football, on the weekend of Friday, April 30 to Monday, May 3, sport united across the world to call on social media companies to do more to stop online abuse. Now the pressure is on social media companies to respond to the change we want to see …
Read More »Joint English Football statement on Online Safety Bill!
English football welcomes the announcement of the Online Safety Bill in today’s Queen’s Speech and we are calling for it to be enacted in legislation as soon as possible. Social media companies must be held to account for protecting their users. It is therefore vital that any legislative and regulatory …
Read More »English football to boycott social media this weekend!
Social media companies must do more to stop online abuse. That is why this weekend, the Premier League and our clubs will join other leagues, governing bodies and organisations across English football and wider sport to boycott social media and demand change. The Premier League and our clubs will switch …
Read More »English football announces social media boycott!
The FA, Premier League, EFL, FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, PFA, LMA, PGMOL, Kick It Out, Women in Football and the FSA will unite for a social media boycott from 15:00 BST on Friday, April 30 to 23:59 BST on Monday, May 3, in response to the ongoing …
Read More »FSDL initiate interaction between ISL Coaches, AIFF Referees & PGMOL officials!
Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) yesterday, December 24 organised an ‘Open Communication Forum’ between the Indian Super League (ISL) clubs’ Head Coaches, officials at All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its Referees Department to discuss a number of aspects related to developing the officiating of the games and communication between …
Read More »Premier League & PGMOL experts help India U-17 Women get mentally tougher!
Conditioning stays an integral part of any sport – be it physical or mental, because often it proves to be the difference between winning and losing between two evenly matched teams. With the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India more than a year away, All India Football Federation, …
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