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- According to the Football Association, there are 32,000 referees working at all levels of football in England. Just over 8% identify as black, Asian or mixed heritage, and that figure drops to 4% for the men's professional game.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67815639Sam Allison: Why has it taken 15 years for another black ...
Oct 31, 2022 · There were no non-white referees in the Championship or Premier League across the 2021-22 season, and out of the 200 referees that officiate in the top seven leagues in England, only four...
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- PGMOL explained. The PGMOL stands for Professional Game Match Officials Limited, and they officiate all Premier League, English Football League (EFL) and Football Association (FA) matches.
- Sam Allison. Sam Allison started as a player for Swindon’s School of Excellence before going on to spend much of his career playing semi-professionally at Chippenham Town.
- Rebecca Welch. Rebecca Welch played football from her childhood but didn't start officiating until she was 27, alongside her role in the NHS. “I played football and didn’t even think about refereeing until one of my really good friends, who is a referee, refereed us,” she said speaking to the Independent.
- Bobby Madley. Bobby Madley started out as a player for Leeds United and Barnsley's academies but started to fall out of love with the game and had a recurring injury which led to his decision to quit at the age of 16.
Mar 19, 2019 · Bookmark. Seven years on from the FA’s vow to increase the number of black referees, the drought continues. The target in 2012 was that by 2016, “the FA in conjunction with county FAs will...
According to the Football Association, there are 32,000 referees working at all levels of football in England. Just over 8% identify as black, Asian or mixed heritage, and that figure drops...
May 11, 2023 · During the 2021-22 season, there were no non-white referees in the Championship or Premier League and only four out of 200 referees in the top seven divisions were black or Asian — Sam Allison,...
Dec 14, 2023 · Of nearly 300 referees in English football the number of non-white officials in the professional game is still in single figures. Wiltshire-based Allison was at Swindon’s school of excellence...
