Crystal Palace and Luton supporters at their game at Selhurst Park experienced something probably not seen before at a Premier League match. Sunny Singh Gill, who is the first British South Asian to referee a Premier League Match, stopped at the half-time interval to sign autographs for fans on his way to the changing rooms….
FROM THE MIDDLE: By Dick Sawdon-Smith In recent weeks, national newspapers have reported, one might say applauded, two ‘firsts’ in English football. One is that of Rebecca Welch is appointed as the first woman to referee a Premier League game. The other is not so much a first as a ‘first since’. This is the…
There is no doubt that all referees make a mistake some time or other, as any referee will admit, so why do they happen? Let’s start with the amount of information that referees have to absorb and react to on the field of play. The present Laws of the Game book, extends to over 300…