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First Premier League appointments announced

by Martin Rødvand on August 12, 2009

The English Premier League kicks off this Saturday, and The PGMO uploaded the first set of appointments Monday evening. The appointments can be found on the Refworld website, and I’m only writing them up this once because it’s the first game of the season.

Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
Mark Clattenburg, Peter Kirkup and Mo Matadar – Lee Mason

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City
Mike Dean, Jeremy Simpson and Dave Richardson – Kevin Friend

Bolton Wanderers v Sunderland
Andre Marriner, Adam Watts and Gary Stott – Nigel Miller

Chelsea v Hull City (12.45)
Alan Wiley, Shaun Procter-Green and Andy Newbold – Phil Dowd

Everton v Arsenal (17.30)
Mark Halsey, Andy Garratt and Trevor Massey – Mike Jones

Portsmouth v Fulham
Martin Atkinson, Phil Sharp and Darren Cann – Andy Woolmer

Stoke City v Burnley
Steve Bennett, Andy Halliday and Martin Yerby – Andy Penn

Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United
Chris Foy, Bob Pollock and Ceri Richards – Lee Probert

Manchester United v Birmingham City (13.30)
Lee Mason, Jake Collin and Michael Murphy – Mike Dean

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool (16.00)
Phil Dowd, Mike Mullarkey and Simon Beck – Stuart Attwell

We can note that the newly promoted Kevin Friend is fourth official for Mike Dean this week, while Mark Clattenburg is back after almost a year gone from Premier League refereeing. Howard Webb is the only official we really miss from this list.

The team from last Sunday’s Community Shield game is split again, but all officials is refereeing this weekend. Last year’s most controversial referee, Stuart Attwell is getting a slow start with a fourth official assignment on Sunday, after a League 1 assignment on Saturday.

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UK promotions confirmed

by Martin Rødvand on July 7, 2009

It’s been known for quite a while that Kevin Friend has been confirmed as a Select Group official from next season. On Monday, the PGMO confirmed the promoted referees in front of the Premier League and Championship season. It also puts an end to all speculation of Michael Oliver being promoted to the Select Group this season. These speculations arose after Oliver was appointed as fourth official to an Europa League qualifying match, a rather strange appointment for a National List referee.

Refworld writes:

With the new season fast approaching and the hard work already underway, several officials are looking forward to the new campaign with increased vigour after being promoted.

Kevin Friend has been promoted to the Select Group referees list after six years as a National List Referee.

Seven Assistant Referee’s have been promoted to the Select Group list; Stuart Burt, David Coote, Paul Thompson, Scott Ledger, Rob Lewis, Simon Long and Bobby Madley.

The article includes several other promotions, to both the National List and Panel List of Referees.

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Mark Clattenburg gets first appointment after suspension

May 20, 2009

After being through a living hell since August last year, Mark Clattenburg today received his first appointment from the PGMOL after his suspension. He will be refereeing the match between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers, almost a year since he last refereed a top game.
Clattenburg was last August assigned to referee the Community Shield match [...]

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