Panel of English professional football referees
TheSelect Group is a panel of English professionalfootball referees andassistant referees , appointed byProfessional Game Match Officials (PGMO). The group was first formed in 2001, when England became the first country to use fully professional referees in its top flight.[ 1]
Select Group officials [ edit ] In August 2024, thePGMO shared updates to the Select Group officiating panels.
Furthermore, in August 2024, the retirement ofRebecca Welch was announced. She will become the manager of the Select Group Women's Professional Game at thePGMO . In December 2024,David Coote was sacked from thePGMO , removing him from the Select Group 1 referees list.
There are 19 Select Group 1 referees, 29 Select Group 1 assistant referees, 17 Select Group 2 referees, and 39 Select Group 2 assistant referees.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Select Group 1 referees [ edit ] Select Group 1 assistant referees [ edit ] Blake Antrobus Natalie Aspinall Simon Bennett Gary Beswick Lee Betts Stuart Burt Dan Cook Neil Davies Nick Greenhalgh Constantine Hatzidakis Adrian Holmes Nick Hopton Akil Howson Ian Hussin Scott Ledger Simon Long James Mainwaring Sian Massey-Ellis Steve Meredith Adam Nunn Marc Perry Dan Robathan Mark Scholes Eddie Smart Wade Smith Craig Taylor Richard West Mat Wilkes Tim Wood Select Group 2 referees [ edit ] Sam Allison Anthony Backhouse James Bell John Busby Matt Donohue Leigh Doughty Andrew Kitchen Oliver Langford James Linington Robert Madley Steve Martin Tom Nield Jeremy Simpson Josh Smith Gavin Ward David Webb Dean Whitestone Select Group supplementary referees [ edit ] Farai Hallam Adam Herczeg Tom Kirk Ruebyn Ricardo Lewis Smith Ben Toner Select Group 2 assistant referees [ edit ] Jonathan Bickerdike Conor Brown George Byrne Emily Carney Ian Cooper Andrew Dallison Mark Dwyer Carl Fitch-Jackson Andrew Fox Hugh Gilroy Callum Gough Jacob Graham David Harrison Paul Hodskinson Shaun Hudson Robert Hyde Alex James Graham Kane Hristo Karaivanov Daniel Leach Sam Lewis Nigel Lugg Matthew McGrath Alistair Nelson Mark Russell Bhupinder Singh Gill Matthew Smith Mark Stevens Lee Venamore Darren Williams James Wilson Richard Woodward [ edit ] In summer 2023 and summer 2024, thePGMOL provided updates on the promotions of match officials.
There are 17 Women's Super League referees, 30 Women's Super League assistant referees, 24 Women's Championship referees, and 34 Women's Championship assistant referees, although some officials hold dual roles.[ 7] [ 4]
[ edit ] [ edit ] Natalie Aspinall Georgia Ball Nicoleta Bria Ella Broad Emily Carney Lorraine Catchpole Isabel Chaplin Abby Dearden Sophie Dennington Aaron Ford Hannah Gardner Magdalena Golba Levi Gray Leoni Harland Harley Hetherington Matthew Joyce Aimee Keir Grace Lowe Sian Massey-Ellis Lucy-Anne McCann David Middleton Callum Parke Ali Rahjoo Lisa Rashid Chloe-Ann Small Ruby Sykes Laura Van Lier Anastasiya Voloshchuk Lauren Whiteman Ceri Williams [ edit ] Jon Ashworth-Sears Nicoleta Bria Ella Broad Melissa Cairns Isabel Chaplin Abby Dearden Sophie Dennington Ffion Eade Aaron Ford Hannah Gardner Magda Golba Levi Gray Joanne Horwood Dora Jakab Aimee Keir Grace Lowe David Middleton Callum Parke Ali Rahjoo Chloe-Ann Small Ruby Sykes Laura Van Lier Jade Wardle Lauren Whiteman [ edit ] Folu Aladelusi Zeyad Ahmed Katie Allen Emmanuel Arakopgun Alex Beeley Luke Bowles Josh Brayshaw Adriana Bucur Michael Butcher Josh Dear Gareth Dunn Ralph Frostick Richard Fullicks Hannah Gardner Dasa Griffin Elora Hardstaff Rosie Johns Elle-Louise Kaplicz Joseph Karram Julia Kings Maya Korpal Lee Markwick Darren McCall David Mitchell Amy Purser Charlotte Sparling Haythornthwaite Rhiannon Stevens Daniel Sykes Emma Taylor Soada Tushaj Steven Walsh Lauren Whiteman Peter Wilson Yashar Yekta FIFA international match officials [ edit ] Among the various Select Group officiating panels, there are 16 referees, 19 assistant referees, and 10 video match officials on the 2025FIFA International List , although some hold dual roles.
All officials, except forCheryl Foster and Ceri Williams, are listed as English representatives—Foster and Williams are listed as Welsh representatives.[ 8]
Georgia Ball Simon Bennett Gary Beswick Lee Betts Nicoleta Bria Stuart Burt Emily Carney Isabel Chaplin Dan Cook Neil Davies Sophie Dennington Ian Hussin Grace Lowe James Mainwaring Lucy McCann Adam Nunn Dan Robathan Anastasiya Voloshchuk Ceri Williams Video match officials [ edit ] Notable international appointments [ edit ] Some former and current Select Group officials have overseen major international final matches, including: 2 World Cup finals, an Olympic final, 2 European Championship finals, and 5 Champions League finals.
Assistant refereePhil Sharp was a part of the team for the2002 FIFA World Cup final .[ 9]
Assistant refereeSian Massey-Ellis was a part of the officiating teams for theUEFA Women's Euro 2013 final and the2018 UEFA Women's Champions League final .[ 10] [ 11]
Howard Webb adjudicated the2010 UEFA Champions League final and subsequently the2010 FIFA World Cup final . Webb was supported on both occasions by assistant referees Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey.[ 12] [ 13]
Mark Clattenburg supervised the2012 Olympic final , the2016 UEFA Champions League final , and subsequently theUEFA Euro 2016 final . The assistant referees that supported Clattenburg during these finals, were: Simon Beck, Steve Child, and Jake Collin.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Anthony Taylor officiated the2021 UEFA Nations League final , the2022 FIFA Club World Cup final , and the2023 UEFA Europa League final . For each final, Taylor was supported by assistant referees Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
Michael Oliver refereed the2022 UEFA Super Cup betweenReal Madrid andEintracht Frankfurt . He was assisted by Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett.[ 20]
Cheryl Foster oversaw the2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final betweenBarcelona andWolfsburg .[ 21]
Rebecca Welch officiated the2024 UEFA Women's Champions League final betweenBarcelona andLyon . She was assisted by Natalie Aspinall and Emily Carney.[ 22]
Former Select Group officials [ edit ] Stephen Artis Nigel Bannister Guy Beale Simon Beck Charles Breakspear Dave Bryan Mike Bull Andrew Butler Mike Cairns Darren Cann Stephen Child Jake Collin Derek Eaton John Flynn Ron Ganfield Andy Garratt Ian Gosling Andy Halliday Patrick Keane Nick Kinseley Peter Kirkup Harry Lennard 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 Philip Sharp Billy Smallwood John Stokes Gary Stott Paul Thompson Glenn Turner Adam Watts Andy Williams Martin Yerby These officials made it to Select Group 2, but not Select Group 1.
Christopher Akers David Avent Andrew Aylott Nik Barnard Darren Blunden Adam Crysell Philip Dermott Matthew Foley Mike George Jonathan Hunt Mark Jones Matthew Jones Geoffrey Liddle Adam Matthews Tony Peart Mark Pottage Greg Read Geoff Russell Rob Smith Dean Treleaven Richard Wild Promotion and retirement links [ edit ]
Referees Assistant Referees 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 Akil Howson Ian Hussin Scott Ledger Harry Lennard Simon Long James Mainwaring Sian Massey-Ellis Steve Meredith Adam Nunn Marc Perry Dan Robathan Mark Scholes Eddie Smart Wade Smith Richard West Mat Wilkes Tim Wood
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