Professional Game Match Officials Limited

Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) is the body responsible for match officials in English professional football.

Formerly known as the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB), it was formed when English referees became professional in 2001, to provide officials for all games played in the Premier League, Football League & FA competitions. The organisation is funded by the Premier League, Football League and the FA.

The Select Group Referees primarily officiate in the Premier League, Football League Cup & FA Cup and will also occasionally referee in the Football League.[1]

Staff

Name Job Title
Neale Barry FA Head of Senior Referee Development
Mike Riley PGMOL General Manager
Adam Watts Select Group Referee Manager
David Allison National List Referee Manager
Richard Beeby National List - Head of Performance
Simon Breivik Head of Sports Science
Adam Kerr Sports Scientist
Chris Foy Referee Coach
Alan Wiley Referee Coach
Steve Dunn Referee Coach
Ray Olivier Head of Professional Referee Development

Evaluation

The Select Group Referees meet twice per month for training sessions and analysis of match videos and data.

The PGMOL have their own sports scientists, sports psychologists, physiotherapists, sprint coaches, podiatrists and vision scientists which mirror football clubs to help improve referee performance.

Every PGMOL referee is evaluated by a former senior referee to measure their technical performance, along with fellow players and managers (match delegates) who assess accuracy and consistency of their decision making and management of their game.

Sponsorship

The PGMOL changed its sponsorship for the 2010/11 season from Air Asia to its parent group, 'Tune Group'.

For the 2012/13 season Expedia sponsored the officials.[2] however this agreement only lasted a year.

For the start of the 2013-14 Premier League season PGMOL had no sponsor, however part way through the season EA Sports signed a long term agreement which will see their logo on the arms of all officials in the Premier League and Football League until 2019.[3]

Controversy

In September 2016, Mark Halsey, a former member, claimed that PGMOL asked him to lie in match reports. PGMOL denied it. No further action was taken. |[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/referees/about-pgmol.html
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/jan/pgmol-ea-sports-sign-long-term-partnership/
  4. ↑ url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/09/04/mark-halsey-reveals-incident-he-claims-he-was-told-to-lie-about/

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