Premier League referees 2025/26

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Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:44 am

It doesn't look as though they have added any new referees to the Select Group list but they have created a new Select Group Supplementary List of six referees who will take charge of matches in both the Premier League and Championship.

SELECT GROUP

Stuart Attwell
Peter Bankes
Sam Barrott
Darren Bond
Tom Bramall
John Brooks
Darren England
Jarred Gillett
Tony Harrington
Simon Hooper
Rob Jones
Chris Kavanagh
Bobby Madley
Michael Oliver
Craig Pawson
Tim Robinson
Michael Salisbury
Anthony Taylor
Paul Tierney

SELECT GROUP SUPPLEMENTARY

Farai Halam
Adam Herczeg
Tom Kirk
Ruebyn Ricardo
Lewis Smith
Ben Toner

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by wadeswondergoal » Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:46 am

Thank the lord that Kitchen hasn’t been added to that list despite refereeing two PL games last season!

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:51 am

wadeswondergoal wrote:
Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:46 am
Thank the lord that Kitchen hasn’t been added to that list despite refereeing two PL games last season!
I have to admit that it was my first thought yet PGMO (they seem to have dropped the L now) saw fit to give him the Championship opener last night. I suspect he might get some PL games though.

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by sjb » Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:55 am

Gillett & Jones. *shudder*

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by RammyClaret61 » Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:55 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:51 am
I have to admit that it was my first thought yet PGMO (they seem to have dropped the L now) saw fit to give him the Championship opener last night. I suspect he might get some PL games though.
And I hear he had a shocker.

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by CrosspoolClarets » Sat Aug 09, 2025 11:01 am

One of that new reserve list Ben Toner was born in Blackburn out of interest.

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by ClaretTony » Sat Aug 09, 2025 11:07 am

CrosspoolClarets wrote:
Sat Aug 09, 2025 11:01 am
One of that new reserve list Ben Toner was born in Blackburn out of interest.
I didn't know that but he was once removed from a Blackpool game when it was kicking off with the Oystons. There were concerns they might have used the name Bent Owner.

His place of birth is I assume why he has never refereed us.

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by quoonbeatz » Sat Aug 09, 2025 11:44 am

Shows how low standards have sunk when that’s the ‘select’ group.

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by wadeswondergoal » Sat Aug 09, 2025 11:58 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Aug 09, 2025 10:51 am
I have to admit that it was my first thought yet PGMO (they seem to have dropped the L now) saw fit to give him the Championship opener last night. I suspect he might get some PL games though.
He refereed Ipswich v Leicester and West Ham v Saints last season in the PL. I thought they were obviously fast tracking him, but maybe his performances in those games has set him back?

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Re: Premier League referees 2025/26

Post by Hibsclaret » Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:05 pm

They should have set him back to reffing primary school football

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