Select Group Referees

The Select Group is a panel of professional football referees and assistant referees appointed by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) to officiate matches in the Premier League, as well as the Football League, FA Cup and Football League Cup. A number of the officials on the site have been selected to officiate in matches run by FIFA. The panel was established in 2001, when referees in England became professional.

Select Group Referees

Name	Home county	Age	Year appointed	Notes
Atkinson, MartinMartin Atkinson	West Yorkshire	53	2005
Attwell, StuartStuart Attwell	Warwickshire	42	2016	FIFA Referee - Second Group
Coote, DavidDavid Coote	Nottinghamshire		2018
Dean, MikeMike Dean	Merseyside	56	2001
East, RogerRoger East	Wiltshire	59	2013
Friend, KevinKevin Friend	Leicestershire	53	2009
Simon Hooper	Wiltshire		2018
Kavanagh, ChrisChris Kavanagh	Manchester	39	2017
Madley, BobbyBobby Madley	West Yorkshire	39	2013	FIFA Referee - Second Group
Marriner, AndreAndre Marriner	West Midlands	54	2005
Mason, LeeLee Mason	Lancashire	53	2006
Moss, JonathanJonathan Moss	West Yorkshire	54	2011
Oliver, MichaelMichael Oliver	Northumberland	40	2010	FIFA Referee - Elite Group
Pawson, CraigCraig Pawson	South Yorkshire	45	2013	FIFA Referee - First Group
Probert, LeeLee Probert	Wiltshire	52	2007
Scott, GrahamGraham Scott	Oxfordshire	56	2015
Taylor, AnthonyAnthony Taylor	Cheshire	46	2010	FIFA Referee - Elite Group
Tierney, PaulPaul Tierney	Lancashire	44	2016	FIFA Referee - Second Group

Select Group Assistant Referees

Name	Home county	Notes
Simon Beck	Bedfordshire	Euro 2016 Final, Champions League Final, and Olympic Gold Medal Match Assistant Referee
Simon Bennett	Staffordshire	FIFA Assistant Referee
Gary Beswick	Durham	FIFA Assistant Referee
Lee Betts	Norfolk	FIFA Assistant Referee
Dave Bryan	Lincolnshire
Stuart Burt	Northamptonshire	FIFA Assistant Referee
Darren Cann	Norfolk	World Cup Final and Champions League Final Assistant Referee
Stephen Child	Kent	FIFA Assistant Referee and Olympic Gold Medal Match Assistant Referee
Daniel Cook	Hampshire
Derek Eaton	Gloucestershire
Andy Halliday	North Yorkshire
Adrian Holmes	West Yorkshire
Constantine Hatzidakis	Kent	FIFA Assistant Referee
Ian Hussin	Merseyside	FIFA Assistant Referee
Peter Kirkup	Northamptonshire
Scott Ledger	South Yorkshire
Harry Lennard	East Sussex	FIFA Assistant Referee
Simon Long	Cornwall
Sian Massey-Ellis	West Midlands	FIFA Assistant Referee and Champions League Final Assistant Referee
Mick McDonough	Northumberland
Adam Nunn	Wiltshire	FIFA Assistant Referee
Marc Perry	West Midlands
Mark Scholes	Buckinghamshire
Eddie Smart	West Midlands	FIFA Assistant Referee
Richard West	East Yorkshire
Matthew Wilkes	West Midlands

Select Group 2 Referees

In December 2015, the PGMOL announced that from the 2016/17 season a new Select Group 2 would be created to officiate primarily in the Championship, this would be made up of 18 referees, 12 full-time and 6 part-time who would train with their Select Group colleagues.

The Select Group 2 officials were announced on 26th April 2016.

Name	Home county	Age	Year appointed	Notes
James Adcock	Nottinghamshire		2016
Peter Bankes	Merseyside		2016
Darren Bond	Lancashire		2016
Andrew Davies	Hampshire		2016
Scott Duncan	Northumberland		2016
Geoff Eltringham	Durham		2016
Darren England	South Yorkshire		2017
Tony Harrington	Cleveland		2016
Oliver Langford	West Midlands		2016
James Linington	Isle of Wight		2016
Andy Madley	West Yorkshire		2016
Stephen Martin	Staffordshire		2016
Tim Robinson	West Sussex		2016
Jeremy Simpson	Lancashire		2016
Keith Stroud	Hampshire		2016
Andy Woolmer	Northamptonshire		2016

Select Group 2 Assistant Referees

Name	Home county
Christopher Akers	South Yorkshire
David Avent	Northamptonshire
Darren Blunden	Kent
Ian Cooper	Kent
Adam Crysell	Northamptonshire
Neil Davies	London
Philip Dermott	Lancashire
Mark Dwyer	West Yorkshire
John Flynn	Oxfordshire
Matthew Foley	Hertfordshire
Andrew Fox	Warwickshire
Mike George	Norfolk
Nick Greenhalgh	Lancashire
Paul Hodskinson	Lancashire
Nicholas Hopton	Derbyshire
Akil Howson	Leicestershire
Shaun Hudson	Durham
Jonathan Hunt	Merseyside
Robert Hyde	Essex
Mark Jones	Nottinghamshire
Daniel Leach	Oxfordshire
Nigel Lugg	Surrey
Matthew McGrath	East Yorkshire
James Mainwaring	Lancashire
Adam Matthews	Gloucestershire
Robert Merchant	Staffordshire
Steven Meredith	Nottinghamshire
Tony Peart	North Yorkshire
Mark Pottage	Dorset
Daniel Robathan	Bedfordshire
Geoff Russell	Northamptonshire
Mark Russell	Somerset
William Smallwood	Cheshire
Lee Venamore	Kent
James Wilson	Cheshire
Tim Wood	Gloucestershire

Former Select Group Referees

Name	Home county	Year appointed	Year removed	FIFA list	Notes
Foy, ChrisChris Foy	Merseyside	2001	2015	2002-2007	Retired to become senior referees' coach for PGMOL
Dowd, PhilPhil Dowd	Staffordshire	2001	2016		Retired due to injury
Webb, HowardHoward Webb	South Yorkshire	2003	2014	2005–2014	Retired to become technical director of PGMOL
Wiley, AlanAlan Wiley	Staffordshire	2001	2010		Retired
Bennett, SteveSteve Bennett	Kent	2001	2010		Retired
Rennie, UriahUriah Rennie	South Yorkshire	2001	2009	2000–2005	Retired due to injury
Styles, RobRob Styles	Hampshire	2001	2009	2002–2009	Retired
Tanner, SteveSteve Tanner	Somerset	2007	2009	2008–2009	Demoted to National List
Knight, BarryBarry Knight	London	2001	2008		Retired due to injury
Messias, MattMatt Messias	Cheshire	2001	2006	2003–2006	Demoted and resigned
Barry, NealeNeale Barry	Lincolnshire	2001	2005		Retired to oversee refeering development
Riley, MikeMike Riley	West Yorkshire	2001	2009	1999–2009	Retired to become head of PGMOL
Stroud, KeithKeith Stroud	Dorset	2007	2009		Demoted to National List
Gallagher, DermotDermot Gallagher	Oxfordshire	2001	2007	1994–2002	Retired
Poll, GrahamGraham Poll	Hertfordshire	2001	2007	1996–2007	Retired
D'Urso, AndyAndy D'Urso	Essex	2001	2005	2001–2005	Demoted to National List
Winter, JeffJeff Winter	Lancashire	2001	2004		Retired
Barber, GrahamGraham Barber	Surrey	2001	2004	1998–2004	Retired
Durkin, PaulPaul Durkin	Dorset	2001	2004		Retired
Jones, PeterPeter Jones	Leicestershire	2001	2002	1996–2002	Retired
Walton, PeterPeter Walton	Northamptonshire	2003	2012		Retired to become manager of PRO for North America
Elleray, DavidDavid Elleray	Kent	2001	2003	1992–1999	Retired
Dunn, SteveSteve Dunn	Gloucestershire	2001	2006	1997–2002	Retired due to injury
Halsey, MarkMark Halsey	Lancashire	2001	2013	2000-2006	Retired
Clattenburg, MarkMark Clattenburg	Durham	2004	2017	2006-2017	Retired to become Head of Refereeing at Saudi Arabian Football Federation
Jones, MikeMike Jones	Cheshire	2008	2018		Retired to work with-in PGMOL developing V.A.R
Swarbrick, NeilNeil Swarbrick	Lancashire	2011	2018		Retired to work with-in PGMOL developing V.A.R

External links

• Chris Kavanagh promoted to Select Group ahead of the 2017-2018 season.
• David Coote and Simon Hooper promoted to Select Group ahead of the 2018-2019 season.
• UEFA Referee Categories for the first half of the 2018-2019 season.
• 2018 FIFA Match Officials.