On holiday until the end of the season so, unfortunately, no analyses of the match officials' appointments for the last 2 weekends, but I will come back during the break with some data and infographics about this whole season. To everyone whose club is still fighting for something, ALL THE BEST! ✊🏻

The officials for Matchweek 36 are out: www.premierleague.com/en/news/4646... Maybe Kavanagh from Manchester (who also sits on Manchester FA's board and trains on City's grounds) wasn't the ideal choice to referee Arsenal, but hey, they're all professionals. Analyses will follow

Match officials for Matchweek 36

See who will be officiating in the next round of Premier League fixtures, including the Video Assistant Referees

premierleague.com

I predicted it, didn't I? And with the the controversy of Bruno's booking going United's way... 🤷🏻‍♂️ I don't think the win was undeserved, but here I focus on referees. #MUNLIV

PGMOL Watch@pgmol-watch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

While updating the big matrix (bsky.app/profile/pgmo...), I once again noticed the odd back-to-back appointments of Pawson to Man United games, so I decided to do a little exercise and focus on Amorim v Carrick from a PGMOL perspective. And it was interesting. [1/7]

Darren England to officiate the #MCICHE FA Cup final on the 16th of May: www.thefa.com/news/2026/ap... I appreciate that the website is showing each official's FA registration. This should be the standard of transparency everywhere.

While updating the big matrix (bsky.app/profile/pgmo...), I once again noticed the odd back-to-back appointments of Pawson to Man United games, so I decided to do a little exercise and focus on Amorim v Carrick from a PGMOL perspective. And it was interesting. [1/7]

PGMOL Watch@pgmol-watch.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As teased last week, here is my infographic for this season's pairing of match officials with each club, as of the latest announced appointments. It's going to look tiny on screen, so you're better off saving it on your device and zooming in. It's a visual indication of my weekly analyses 😅

UEFA is investigating a referee over "sexual assault of a teenage boy" before officiating a match in the UK: sports.yahoo.com/articles/soc...

Soccer match official arrested for alleged assault while in Britain for a game

A soccer match official who was a potential pick to work at the men’s World Cup in North America was arrested for an alleged sexual assault at a hotel while in Britain for a game. World Cup organizer...

sports.yahoo.com

Match officials for the coming weekend: www.premierleague.com/en/news/4639... Back-to-back Arsenal games for Gillett (VAR against Newcastle, not flagging the Pop red, and on-field in #ARSFUL). Anyway, analyses will follow, as usual

Match officials for Matchweek 35

See who will be officiating in the next round of Premier League fixtures, including the Video Assistant Referees

premierleague.com

I stated many times, having seen this from the inside, that Italian football and Serie A are beyond saving from corruption. Yet another scandal surfacing now, involving the Italian equivalent of PGMOL's Howard Webb: football-italia.net/report-rocch...

Report Rocchi accused of removing referee Doveri, who was not liked by Inter, in April 2025

There are allegations that refereeing chief designator Gianluca Rocchi is under investigation for sporting fraud in part for choosing referees favoured by Inter in 2024-25.

football-italia.net

For those interested in finding every referee's allegiance, here is a little bit of "reverse engineering"... Paul Howard from London has been in charge of VAR for every Premier League club except Arsenal and Tottenham. So, clearly a North London fan, but red or white?

It has taken quite some time, but we now know that Marco Silva's appeal has been partially upheld (he was charged by the FA for his comments after the West Ham game in March): www.thefa.com/news/2026/ap...

Marco Silva update

Fulham manager's appeal partially upheld

thefa.com

Here are the remaining appointments of match officials for Matchweek 34: www.premierleague.com/en/news/4623... Surprise, surprise, yet again a Mancunian ref is assigned to a Manchester club. Analyses will follow, and I suppose an update on the local refs infographic as well

Match officials for Matchweek 34

See who will be officiating in the next round of Premier League fixtures, including the Video Assistant Referees

premierleague.com

Semenyo picked up his first yellow card in a City shirt in #CHEMCI, which is interesting considering he used to be one of the worst "offenders" in the PL. Now, this infographic is merely anecdotal, but I wanted to highlight the player's disciplinary stats, as I touched upon this before the move

Here are the match officials for Matchweek 33: www.premierleague.com/en/news/4618... Only a few games left.

Match officials for Matchweek 33

See who will be officiating in the next round of Premier League fixtures, including the Video Assistant Referees

premierleague.com

Yeah I'm late, sorry... Matchweek 32 starts tonight and these are all the match officials appointedthis weekend: www.premierleague.com/en/news/4615...

The match officials for the FA Cup Quarter Finals have been announced: www.thefa.com/news/2026/ap... City got Oliver and Mancunian Paul Tierney... 🤷🏻‍♂️ Chelsea got Hallam from just a few miles down the road Leeds got a Sheffield ref You couldn't make this up. Analyses may follow

FA Cup Quarter-Final match officials

Match officials and referees confirmed for the Emirates FA Cup quarter-final

thefa.com

Unfortunately, Stuart Attwell seems to be making crucial errors every time he goes on the pitch or in front of a monitor, and #BOUMUN was yet another confirmation of that. He once famously awarded a ghost goal, so the expectations are always pretty low, aren't they? [1/6]

So, Peter Bankes will be the referee in the #ARSMCI Carabao Cup final (www.efl.com/news/2026/ma...) He is (unofficially) an Everton fan, and he has officiated this fixture twice in the Prem - 2020-21 (VAR), ARS-MCI 0-1 (ref was Jonathan Moss) - 2024-25 (Ref), ARS-MCI 5-1 (VAR was Paul Tierney)

Europe's top leagues have been summoned to a meeting with UEFA in the summer to discuss how VAR is being used. As reported previously, Rosetti (head of UEFA referees) is fed up with VAR regularly used beyond "Clear and Obvious", particularly in the PL and Serie A www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

VAR: Uefa calls leagues to summit over 'microscopic' video assistant referees

Europe's top leagues are summoned to a meeting with Uefa to discuss how VAR technology is being used.

bbc.co.uk

Igor Tudor charged by the FA for misconduct: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... It has taken even more than with Rodri (18 days v 13), but he has less time to appeal (4 days v 7). Let's see what the outcome will be and when we'll know about it

Spurs' Igor Tudor charged with misconduct over 'home referee' claim

Interim Tottenham manager Igor Tudor is charged with misconduct over his claim that referee Thomas Bramall favoured the

bbc.co.uk

Here are the match officials for Matchweek 31. Obviously, only 8 PL games because of the Carabao Cup ( #WOLARS already played and #MCICRY will happen later): www.premierleague.com/en/news/4610... I'm a tad offline these days but analyses will follow

Match officials for Matchweek 31

See who will be officiating in the next round of Premier League fixtures, including the Video Assistant Referees

premierleague.com

The officials for the Carabao Cup final (March 22nd): x.com/FA_PGMOL/sta...

Match officials for the weekend have been announced: www.premierleague.com/en/news/4610... My analyses will follow.

Match officials for Matchweek 30

See who will be officiating in the next round of Premier League fixtures, including the Video Assistant Referees

premierleague.com

Way over a month to reach this verdict... 🤷🏻‍♂️ www.thefa.com/news/2026/ma... It's even more embarrassing for the FA when you read the PDF, because it's no different from most of the previous cases. See previous threads for more details: bsky.app/profile/pgmo...

Rodri sanctioned

Manchester City FC's Rodri sanctioned

thefa.com

Still waiting for a final verdict on the charges for misconduct to Rodri (bsky.app/profile/pgmo...). He made his remarks on the 1st of Feb; the FA announced the charges on the 13th, setting the 18th for any appeal. Still nothing, and Rodri has been able to play another 6 games, maybe 7 tonight.

PGMOL Watch@pgmol-watch.bsky.social · 6mo ago

When I shared the news about the FA charging Rodri with misconduct (bsky.app/profile/pgmo...), it caused a bit of a stir... The appeal deadline was on the 18th, but it seems the decision will only come AFTER the important #MCINEW game. Rodri may miss Leeds, Forest and West Ham 🤷🏻‍♂️

Even when it's only 8 games, PGMOL just can't help it: they had to assign double shifts to referee John Brooks and assistant Con Hatzidakis. www.thefa.com/news/2026/ma... The officials for the Sunderland game will be announced after the rearranged Port Vale-Bristol City match tonight

FA Cup Fifth Round Proper match officials

Find out which match officials are taking charge of ties in the Emirates FA Cup fifth round proper in 2025-26

thefa.com

And yet I am 😊 Thanks for sharing, by the way.

toon-army.bsky.social@toon-army.bsky.social · 5mo ago

He reckons he's a former serie a player 🤣 Jesus christ this place is getting worse than x.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... At this point, I'm not entirely sure he even watches football games, but I'm not going to comment further

Footballers covering their mouths should be sent off - Gianni Infantino

Players who cover their mouths when speaking to opponents during confrontations should be sent off, says Gianni Infantino.

bbc.co.uk

Here is something that will be addressed by the new rules for next season, with VAR checks for corners, though it seems that the Premier League intends to opt out despite several other incidents this season 🤷🏻‍♂️ In #ARSCHE, Sanchez touched the ball once before it went completely out.

So much went wrong in the first Chelsea corner in #ARSCHE, but I will wait to have the full video to talk about it, because there is also a foul on Raya before we even get to the handball. Hopefully MOTD or other shows will have that

Also in #MUNCRY, I can't wait for the day IFAB will announce these will be treated as simulations and produce a yellow card.