The Select Group is a panel of English professional
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
referees
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...
In August 2022, the PGMOL announced the referees and assistant referees for the forthcoming season.
Referees
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Stuart Attwell
Stuart Steven Attwell (born 6 October 1982) is an English football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League.
Attwell made a prominent debut in 2008 as the youngest person ever to referee in the Premier League. but was demoted from ...
Darren England
Darren England (born 23 December 1985) is a Premier League football referee, who was promoted in August 2020. In December 2021, the PGMOL announced that England had been added to the 2022 FIFA List of International Match Officials.
Prior to th ...
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Jarred Gillett
Jarred Gavan Gillett (born 1 November 1986) is an Australian football referee in the Premier League, following the announcement on 3 August 2021 that he had been promoted to the Select Group referees list.
Career
Gillett has refereed five Hyun ...
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Tony Harrington
Tony Harrington is an English football referee who referees in the English Premier League. Harrington was promoted to Select Group 1 in June 2021.
Career
Harrington began refereeing in the Teesside Junior Football Alliance aged 14, after compl ...
Craig Pawson
Craig Pawson (born 2 March 1979) is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League, having been promoted to the panel of Select Group Referees in 2013, as well as in the Football League.
He is based in ...
* Natalie Aspinall
* Simon Bennett
* Gary Beswick
* Lee Betts
* Stuart Burt
* Darren Cann
* Dan Cook
* Neil Davies
* Derek Eaton
* Nick Greenhalgh
* Constantine Hatzidakis
* Adrian Holmes
* Nick Hopton
* Ian Hussin
* Scott Ledger
* Harry Lennard
* Simon Long
* James Mainwaring
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Sian Massey-Ellis
Sian Louise Massey-Ellis MBE (née Massey; born 5 October 1985) is an English football match official who officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Premier League and the Football League. She has also been appointed to match ...
* Steve Meredith
* Adam Nunn
* Marc Perry
* Dan Robathan
* Mark Scholes
* Eddie Smart
* Wade Smith
* Richard West
* Matthew Wilkes
* Tim Wood
Video Assistant Referees (VAR)
As well as current Select Group 1 referees serving as video assistant referees, 2 referees following their on-field retirements now serve as dedicated video assistant referees, these are: Mike Dean and
Lee Mason
Lee Mason (born 29 October 1971) and biography:
video assistant referees.
FIFA International Match Officials
Among the Select Group 1 officials, 10 referees, 12 assistant referees, and 11 video assistant referees are listed on the 2023 FIFA International List.
Referees
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Stuart Attwell
Stuart Steven Attwell (born 6 October 1982) is an English football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League.
Attwell made a prominent debut in 2008 as the youngest person ever to referee in the Premier League. but was demoted from ...
Darren England
Darren England (born 23 December 1985) is a Premier League football referee, who was promoted in August 2020. In December 2021, the PGMOL announced that England had been added to the 2022 FIFA List of International Match Officials.
Prior to th ...
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Jarred Gillett
Jarred Gavan Gillett (born 1 November 1986) is an Australian football referee in the Premier League, following the announcement on 3 August 2021 that he had been promoted to the Select Group referees list.
Career
Gillett has refereed five Hyun ...
Craig Pawson
Craig Pawson (born 2 March 1979) is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League, having been promoted to the panel of Select Group Referees in 2013, as well as in the Football League.
He is based in ...
* Natalie Aspinall
* Simon Bennett
* Gary Beswick
* Lee Betts
* Stuart Burt
* Dan Cook
* Neil Davies
* Constantine Hatzidakis
* Ian Hussin
* Harry Lennard
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Sian Massey-Ellis
Sian Louise Massey-Ellis MBE (née Massey; born 5 October 1985) is an English football match official who officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Premier League and the Football League. She has also been appointed to match ...
* Adam Nunn
Video match officials
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Stuart Attwell
Stuart Steven Attwell (born 6 October 1982) is an English football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League.
Attwell made a prominent debut in 2008 as the youngest person ever to referee in the Premier League. but was demoted from ...
Darren England
Darren England (born 23 December 1985) is a Premier League football referee, who was promoted in August 2020. In December 2021, the PGMOL announced that England had been added to the 2022 FIFA List of International Match Officials.
Prior to th ...
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Jarred Gillett
Jarred Gavan Gillett (born 1 November 1986) is an Australian football referee in the Premier League, following the announcement on 3 August 2021 that he had been promoted to the Select Group referees list.
Career
Gillett has refereed five Hyun ...
Sian Massey-Ellis
Sian Louise Massey-Ellis MBE (née Massey; born 5 October 1985) is an English football match official who officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Premier League and the Football League. She has also been appointed to match ...
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Craig Pawson
Craig Pawson (born 2 March 1979) is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League, having been promoted to the panel of Select Group Referees in 2013, as well as in the Football League.
He is based in ...
* Michael Salisbury
Notable International Appointments
Some former and current Select Group 1 officials have overseen major international final matches.
Former Select Group 1 assistant referee Phil Sharp was a part of the team for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.
Howard Webb
Howard Melton Webb MBE (born 14 July 1971) is an English former professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League from 2003 to 2014, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee from 2005 to 2014.
Webb is co ...
Mark Clattenburg
Mark Clattenburg (born 13 March 1975) is an English professional football referee.
Clattenburg is a former member of the Premier League and the Durham County Football Association and also a former FIFA referee. He has refereed a number of nota ...
2016 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2016 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion ...
, and subsequently the
UEFA Euro 2016 Final
The UEFA Euro 2016 Final was the final match of Euro 2016, the fifteenth edition of the European Football Championship, UEFA's quadrennial competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Stade de France in Paris, France, ...
. The assistant referees that supported Clattenburg during these finals, were: Simon Beck, Steve Child, and Jake Collin.
Anthony Taylor officiated the 2021 UEFA Nations League Final. Assistant referees Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn were also part of the team.
Michael Oliver refereed the 2022 UEFA Super Cup between
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
and
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
. He was assisted by Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett
Select Group 2
In August 2022, the PGMOL announced the referees and assistant referees for the forthcoming season.
Referees
* James Bell
* Darren Bond
* John Busby
* Andy Davies
* Matthew Donohue
* Leigh Doughty
* Geoff Eltringham
* Oli Langford
* James Linington
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Bobby Madley
Robert Madley (born 6 October 1985) is an English professional football referee who was on the list of Select Group Referees who officiate primarily in the Premier League between 2013 and 2018. He officiated in the Football League as a refere ...
* Steve Martin
* Tim Robinson
* Jeremy Simpson
* Josh Smith
* Keith Stroud
* Gavin Ward
* David Webb
* Dean Whitestone
* Andy Woolmer
Assistant Referees
* Andrew Aylott
* George Byrne
* Ian Cooper
* Adam Crysell
* Andrew Dallison
* Philip Dermott
* Mark Dwyer
* Carl Fitch-Jackson
* Andrew Fox
* Bhups Gill
* Paul Hodskinson
* Akil Howson
* Shaun Hudson
* Jonny Hunt
* Rob Hyde
* Matt Jones
* Graham Kane
* Dan Leach
* Sam Lewis
* Geoffrey Liddle
* Nigel Lugg
* Matt McGrath
* Rob Merchant
* Mark Pottage
* Greg Read
* Mark Russell
* Matt Smith
* Rob Smith
* Mark Stevens
* Craig Taylor
* Lee Venamore
* Adrian Waters
* Richard Wild
* James Wilson
Women's Select Group
In August 2022, the PGMOL announced the members of the Women's Select Group for the forthcoming season.
* Chloe-Ann Anderson
* Natalie Aspinall
* Georgia Ball
* Lisa Benn
* Nicoleta Bria
* Lucy-Anne Briggs
* Ella Broad
* Melissa Burgin
* Abigail Byrne
* Melissa Cairns
* Emily Carney
* Isabel Chaplin
* Phoebe Cross
* Abby Dearden
* Sophie Dennington
* Kirsty Dowle
* Ffion Eade
* Amy Fearn
* Aaron Ford
* Stacey Fullicks
* Magda Golba
* Cristiana Hattersley
* Emily Heaslip
* Lauren Impey
* Dora Jakab
* Aimee Kerr
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Sian Massey-Ellis
Sian Louise Massey-Ellis MBE (née Massey; born 5 October 1985) is an English football match official who officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Premier League and the Football League. She has also been appointed to match ...
* Lucy May
* David Middleton
* Stacey Pearson
* Ali Rahjoo
* Lisa Rashid
* Yasmin Saeed
* Louise Saunders
* Jane Simms
* Adewunmi Soneye
* Ruby Sykes
* Jade Wardle
* Rebecca Welch
* Ceri Williams
* Paula Wyatt
Lisa Benn, Abigail Byrne, Kirsty Dowle, Stacey Pearson, and Rebecca Welch are also included as referees on the 2023 FIFA International List.
Former Select Group Officials
Referees
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Martin Atkinson
Martin Atkinson (born 31 March 1971) is an English referee coach and retired professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League. He is a member of the West Riding County Football Association.
Atkinson made his first ...
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Graham Barber
Graham P. Barber (born 5 June 1958) is an English former football referee. He was based in Tring in Hertfordshire during his career, but now lives in Spain.
Career
In 1998, after progressing through to the FA Premier League List of referees v ...
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Neale Barry
Neale S. Barry (born 4 June 1958 and early career details:
Steve Bennett
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Mark Clattenburg
Mark Clattenburg (born 13 March 1975) is an English professional football referee.
Clattenburg is a former member of the Premier League and the Durham County Football Association and also a former FIFA referee. He has refereed a number of nota ...
Andy D'Urso
Andrew Paul D'Urso (born 30 November 1963) is an English former football referee in the Football League. D'Urso is based in Billericay, Essex and is a member of the ''Barking & Dagenham Referees Society''. He retired at the end of the 2014–15 ...
David Elleray
David Roland Elleray, (born 3 September 1954), is an English former football referee who officiated in the Football League, Premier League and for FIFA. As of September 2021 he held the position of Technical Director at the IFAB.
During his ...
Kevin Friend
Kevin Friend (born 8 July 1971) confirmation at the Football League off ...
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Dermot Gallagher
Dermot Gallagher (born 20 May 1957 in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland) is a retired Irish association football referee, who lives in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He refereed in the Premier League of English football until May 2007.
Career
Gallagher first ...
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Mark Halsey
Mark R. Halsey (born 8 July 1961) is an English retired professional football referee who was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, later based in Bolton, Greater Manchester.
Lee Mason
Lee Mason (born 29 October 1971) and biography:
Matt Messias
Matthew David Messias (born 7 May 1964 of Messias:
Jon Moss
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Early li ...
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Graham Poll
Graham Poll (born 29 July 1963) is an English former football referee in the Premier League. With 26 years of experience, he was one of the most prominent referees in English football, often taking charge of the highest-profile games. His final ...
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Lee Probert
Lee William Probert (born 13 August 1972) (
* David Pugh
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Uriah Rennie
Uriah Rennie (born 23 October 1959 in Sheffield, England) is a retired top level English football referee.
He was the first black referee to officiate in games of the Premier League.
Career
Rennie began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then ...
Neil Swarbrick
Neil Swarbrick (born 20 December 1965) is an English retired football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League having been promoted to the Select Group of Referees in 2011.
He is based in Preston, Lancashire, and is a member of ...
Howard Webb
Howard Melton Webb MBE (born 14 July 1971) is an English former professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League from 2003 to 2014, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee from 2005 to 2014.
Webb is co ...
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Alan Wiley
Alan G. Wiley (born 27 May 1960) is a former English football referee in the FA Premier League, who is based in Burntwood, Staffordshire.
Career
Wiley first took up the whistle in 1981, then officiated in the West Midlands (Regional) League ...
* Stephen Artis
* Nigel Bannister
* Simon Beck
* Charles Breakspear
* Dave Bryan
* Andrew Butler
* Mike Cairns
* Steve Child
* Jake Collin
* John Flynn
* Ron Ganfield
* Andy Garratt
* Andy Halliday
* Patrick Keane
* Peter Kirkup
* Rob Lewis
* Trevor Massey
* Mo Matadar
* Mick McDonough
* Dean Mohareb
* Mike Mullarkey
* Michael Murphy
* Andy Newbold
* Bob Pollock
* Shaun Procter-Green
* Ceri Richards
* David Richardson
* Phil Sharp
* Billy Smallwood
* John Stokes
* Gary Stott
* Paul Thompson
* Mike Tingey
* Glenn Turner
* Adam Watts
* Andy Williams
* Martin Yerby
See also
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Professional Game Match Officials Limited
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(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 refere ...
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Professional Referee Organization
Professional Referee Organization (PRO) is the organization responsible for managing the referee and assistant referee program in professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada, working alongside the United States Soccer Federation ...