Former Premier League referee David Coote has been charged by the Football Association for comments made about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during a video that was leaked on social media. The 42-year-old was suspended on 11 November 2024 after a video showed him making derogatory comments about Klopp and Liverpool. Coote was sacked by the...
Uriah Rennie, the Premier League’s first black referee, has died aged 65. Rennie officiated more than 300 games between 1997 and 2008, including 175 Premier League matches. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee, Uriah Rennie,” said a Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association statement., external...
Referee Bobby Madley has said he “hates” the video assistant referee technology in football because it takes the “emotion away” from the game. Madley officiates matches in the English Football League (EFL) and is a fourth official for Premier League games. The EFL does not use VAR in regular league games, whereas it has been...
German referee Felix Zwayer, who once served a ban for alleged involvement in a match-fixing plot, will take charge of next week’s all-English Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United. Zwayer, now 43, was given a six-month suspension in 2006 after he was investigated for taking a £250 bribe from official Robert Hoyzer, who was...
Under article 101 of the RFEF disciplinary code, which covers “mild violence” towards referees, Rudiger could have received a suspension of between four and 12 matches. All six games of Rudiger’s suspension will be served in league matches, meaning that it will extend until the start of next season. He will be banned for the...
Match officials do not referee matches any differently despite the “safety net” of video assistant referees, says retired Premier League official Darren Cann. Cann, 56, retired this month after over 1,000 games as an assistant referee, including a record 579 in the Premier League. The VAR system was introduced in the Premier League at the...
Real Madrid had come from behind to lead 2-1 before Ferran Torres’ 84th-minute equaliser sent the Clasico final in Seville to extra time. Barcelona defender Jules Kounde drilled in a 22-yard screamer in the 116th minute to ultimately win a thrilling encounter on Saturday. In the final moments, Real forward Mbappe tried to shrug off...
Lucy Ashton BBC News, Yorkshire BBC Uriah Rennie, 65, was hospitalised for five months after a rare condition left him paralysed from the waist down Uriah Rennie became a familiar face to millions of football fans after becoming the Premier League’s first black referee. Once described as the “fittest” match official in global football and...
The referee’s decisions will be broadcast over a stadium public address system in the Premiership for the first time at Bristol Bears’ game against Exeter on Saturday. The trial – which will enable fans to hear the reasoning behind decisions between referees and television match officials – will feature in select fixtures across the league...
McNair moved to the United States to join MLS side San Diego in January after a spell at West Brom. The 29-year-old former Manchester United and Middlesborough defender says he would not have moved to America if it would have put his place in the Northern Ireland squad in jeopardy. “I’ve really enjoyed it, really...