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1. www.givemesport.com › soccer-football-premierEvery Referee Currently Working in the Premier League

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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.

2. www.bbc.co.uk › sport › footballSam Allison: Why has it taken 15 years for another black ...

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   Dec 26, 2023 · Sam Allison is set to become the first black referee of a Premier League match in 15 years, but why has it taken so long? ... there are 32,000 referees working at all levels of football in England.

3. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 4506725/2023/0515 years on since Uriah Rennie’s last match, why are there no ...

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   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 ...

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5. www.skysports.com › football › newsSam Allison becomes first Black referee in Premier League for ...

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   Dec 26, 2023 · Sam Allison became the first Black referee to officiate in the Premier League for 15 years on Boxing Day, and only the second ever. The 42-year-old former firefighter took charge of Sheffield ...

6. news.sky.com › story › sam-allison-becomes-firstSam Allison becomes first black referee in Premier League for ...

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   Dec 26, 2023 · The 42-year-old former firefighter took charge of Luton's 3-2 win at Sheffield United, becoming the first time black man to officiate a Premier League match since 2008.

7. thelead.uk › uriah-rennie-premier-leagues-firstUriah Rennie: The Premier League’s first and last Black referee

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   Mar 2, 2023 · "It's ridiculous that Uriah Rennie retired in 2008 and there hasn't been a referee of colour in the Premier League since," says author Ashley Hickson-Lovence, whose novelisation of Rennie’s life, Your Show, is published today. "It's embarrassing and terrible, because football is a beautiful, rich, colourful, diverse game, and we need to see that across coaches, managers, and referees.

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   Who was the first black referee in the Premier League?

   • The first black referee in the Premier League was Uriah Rennie. The magistrate, from Sheffield, took charge of more than 300 top-flight fixtures between 1997 and 2008. Match of the Day pundit Ian Wright was playing for Arsenal when Rennie arrived in the top flight, and told BBC Sport how he remembered talking with team-mates about the appointment.

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   How many black referees are there in England?

   • While there's no lack of qualified referees of Black, Asian, or mixed heritage at amateur level, further up the pyramid diversity becomes a massive problem. Out of a workforce of around 200 referees for England's top seven divisions, just four (2%) are Black or Asian: Sam Allison, Joel Mannix, Aji Ajibola, and Sunny Gill.

   Uriah Rennie: The Premier League’s first and last Black referee

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   Will there be another black referee in the Premier League?

   • “My belief is there won’t be another black referee in the Premier League,” offers Joel Mannix. “That’s the challenge, but why is it a challenge?” Mannix is the chairman of the Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicity Referee Support Group (BAMREF). He established the organisation in 2019 to help aspiring referees break through.

   15 years on since Uriah Rennie’s last match, why are there no black

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   Who is the only black female referee in the Super League?

   • In the Women’s Super League, Lauren Impey is the only black female referee. Today marks the 15th anniversary of the last Premier League match Uriah Rennie officiated. After 11 seasons and over 170 games in the top flight, Rennie ended his career by taking charge of Liverpool ’s 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on May 11, 2008.

   15 years on since Uriah Rennie’s last match, why are there no black

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   Is there a lack of diversity in referees?

   • However, there is a huge lack of diversity when it comes to the most important role on the pitch. 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, Aji Ajibola, Joel Mannix and Sunny Singh Gill.

   15 years on since Uriah Rennie’s last match, why are there no black

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   What percentage of footballers are black?

   • The Szymanski Report, which was commissioned by the Black Footballers Partnership and published last year, revealed 34 per cent of players in the English Football League in 2021 were black while the figure rose to 43 per cent in the Premier League. However, there is a huge lack of diversity when it comes to the most important role on the pitch.

   15 years on since Uriah Rennie’s last match, why are there no black

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9. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 3731769‘When you’re a referee of colour, you stand out more. But ...

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   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 (two per ...