Select Group









Michael Oliver





Martin Atkinson





Darren Cann





Howard Webb





Mark Clattenburg


The Select Group is a panel of English professional football referees and assistant referees, appointed by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL).


The panel was established in 2001, when referees in England became professional.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Select Group Match Officials


    • 1.1 Referees


    • 1.2 Assistant Referees


    • 1.3 Notable International Appointments




  • 2 Select Group 2 Match Officials


    • 2.1 Referees


    • 2.2 Assistant Referees




  • 3 Former Select Group Referees


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Select Group Match Officials


The 2018-2019 Select Group match officials lists, consists of 17 referees and 28 assistant referees.



Referees




  • Martin Atkinson

  • Stuart Attwell

  • David Coote

  • Mike Dean

  • Roger East

  • Kevin Friend

  • Simon Hooper

  • Chris Kavanagh

  • Andre Marriner

  • Lee Mason

  • Jon Moss

  • Michael Oliver

  • Craig Pawson

  • Lee Probert

  • Graham Scott

  • Anthony Taylor

  • Paul Tierney





Attwell, Oliver, Pawson, Taylor, and Tierney, are also FIFA International Referees.[2]


Oliver and Taylor are UEFA Elite referees, Pawson is a UEFA First Group referee, and Attwell and Tierney are UEFA Second Group referees.[3]


Atkinson, Dean, Marriner, and Probert, were all previously FIFA International Referees. Atkinson reached the UEFA Elite Group, Dean and Marriner reached the UEFA First Group, and Probert reached the UEFA First Group—before finishing in the UEFA Second Group.





Assistant Referees




  • Simon Beck

  • Simon Bennett

  • Gary Beswick

  • Lee Betts

  • Stuart Burt

  • Darren Cann

  • Stephen Child

  • Dan Cook

  • Neil Davies

  • Derek Eaton

  • Andy Garratt

  • Andy Halliday

  • Constantine Hatzidakis

  • Adrian Holmes

  • Ian Hussin

  • Peter Kirkup

  • Scott Ledger

  • Harry Lennard

  • Simon Long

  • Sian Massey-Ellis

  • Mick McDonough

  • Adam Nunn

  • Marc Perry

  • Dan Robathan

  • Mark Scholes

  • Eddie Smart

  • Richard West

  • Matthew Wilkes





Bennett, Beswick, Betts, Burt, Child, Hatzidakis, Hussin, Lennard, Massey-Ellis, Nunn, and Smart, are also FIFA International Assistant Referees.[4]


Beck, Cann, and Kirkup, were all previously FIFA International Assistant Referees.



Notable International Appointments


Current and former Select Group match officials have overseen some of the most prestigious matches available, these include:


  • 2010 UEFA Champions League Final

Refereed by Howard Webb, and assisted by Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey.


  • 2010 FIFA World Cup Final

Overseen by Webb, Cann, and Mullarkey.


  • 2012 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Match

Refereed by Mark Clattenburg, and assisted by Simon Beck and Stephen Child.


  • 2015 Europa League Final

Refereed by Martin Atkinson and assisted by Michael Mullarkey and Stephen Child


  • 2016 UEFA Champions League Final

Refereed by Mark Clattenburg, and assisted by Simon Beck and Jake Collin.


  • UEFA Euro 2016 Final

Overseen by Clattenburg, Beck, and Collin.



Select Group 2 Match Officials


In December 2015, the PGMOL announced that a new Select Group 2 would be created. This would start from the 2016-2017 season, and the officials would primarily oversee Championship matches.[5]


In July 2018, the list of Select Group 2 match officials was updated ahead of the 2018-2019 season.[6]


The 2018-2019 Select Group 2 match officials lists, consists of 20 referees and 36 assistant referees.



Referees




  • James Adcock

  • Peter Bankes

  • Darren Bond

  • John Brooks

  • Andrew Davies

  • Scott Duncan

  • Geoff Eltringham

  • Darren England

  • Tony Harrington

  • Robert Jones

  • Oliver Langford

  • James Linington

  • Andy Madley

  • Stephen Martin

  • Tim Robinson

  • Jeremy Simpson

  • Keith Stroud

  • Gavin Ward

  • David Webb

  • Andy Woolmer






Assistant Referees




  • Darren Blunden

  • Ian Cooper

  • Adam Crysell

  • Philip Dermott

  • Mark Dwyer

  • John Flynn

  • Matt Foley

  • Andrew Fox

  • Michael George

  • Nick Greenhalgh

  • Paul Hodskinson

  • Nick Hopton

  • Akil Howson

  • Shaun Hudson

  • Jonathan Hunt

  • Robert Hyde

  • Mark Jones

  • Graham Kane

  • Daniel Leach

  • Sam Lewis

  • Nigel Lugg

  • James Mainwaring

  • Adam Matthews

  • Matthew McGrath

  • Robert Merchant

  • Steven Meredith

  • Tony Peart

  • Mark Pottage

  • Geoffrey Russell

  • Mark Russell

  • Billy Smallwood

  • Dean Treleaven

  • Lee Venamore

  • Adrian Waters

  • James Wilson

  • Timothy Wood




Former Select Group Referees

















































































































































































Name
Year
from—to
FIFA list
Notes

Peter Jones
2001—2002
1996—2002
Retired

David Elleray
2001—2003
1992—1999
Retired

Graham Barber
2001—2004
1998—2004
Retired

Paul Durkin
2001—2004

Retired

Jeff Winter
2001—2004

Retired

Neale Barry
2001—2005

Retired to oversee refereeing development

Andy D'Urso
2001—2005
2001—2005
Demoted to National List

Steve Dunn
2001—2006
1997—2002
Retired due to injury

Matt Messias
2001—2006
2003—2006
Demoted and resigned

Dermot Gallagher
2001—2007
1994—2002
Retired

Graham Poll
2001—2007
1996—2007
Retired

Barry Knight
2001—2008

Retired due to injury

Uriah Rennie
2001—2009
2000—2005
Retired due to injury

Mike Riley
2001—2009
1999—2009
Retired to become head of PGMOL

Keith Stroud
2007—2009

Demoted to National List

Rob Styles
2001—2009
2002—2009
Retired

Steve Tanner
2007—2009
2008—2009
Demoted to National List

Steve Bennett
2001—2010

Retired

Alan Wiley
2001—2010

Retired

Peter Walton
2003—2012

Retired to become General Manager of PRO

Mark Halsey
2001—2013
2000—2006
Retired

Howard Webb
2003—2014
2005—2014
Retired to become Technical Director of PGMOL (2014—2015)
PRO Manager of VAR Operations (2017—2018)
PRO General Manager (2018—)

Chris Foy
2001—2015

Retired to become senior referees' coach for PGMOL

Phil Dowd
2001—2016

Retired due to injury

Mark Clattenburg
2004—2017
2006—2017
Retired to become Head of Refereeing at Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Mike Jones
2008—2018

Retired to work for PGMOL developing VAR

Bobby Madley
2013—2018
2016—2018
Change in personal circumstances

Neil Swarbrick
2011—2018

Retired to work for PGMOL developing VAR


See also


  • Professional Game Match Officials Board


References





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  2. ^ "FIFA International Referees".


  3. ^ "UEFA Referees Categories".


  4. ^ "FIFA International Assistant Referees".


  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  6. ^ "Select Group 2 Match Officials for 2018-2019 season".




External links





  • "Webb to become Technical Director at PGMOL (2014—2015)".


  • "Chris Kavanagh called upon to officiate in the 2017/18 Premier League".


  • "Howard Webb hired as PRO's Manager of Video Assistant Referee Operations (2017—2018)".


  • "Jones and Swarbrick to call time on careers".


  • "PRO promotes Howard Webb to General Manager (2018—)".


  • "Four fresh faces, including two referees, will officiate in 2018/19 after being promoted to Select Group 1".


  • "Bobby Madley quits "due to change in personal circumstances"".


  • "2018 International Refereeing List" (PDF).












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