How does the Premier League assign referees?

How does the Premier League assign referees?

There is a complex system behind appointing referees in the Premier League. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) have a merit table that ranks the most trusted referees - and then assign them based on the biggest games. But there are other factors that influence a referees appointment. What are they? What is this merit table? How does a referee climb the merit table?

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[johannesangel]

“Although the most popular choice is Michael Oliver or Mike Dean, Tifo’s pick is Ibrahim Sangare”

[aartie]

just imagine you're a grown up football professional and your elementary school PE teachers shows up to your game and sends you off

[dougie]

We're refereeing the refereeing of the refereeing of the referees.

[ucnoble]

So Mike Dean celebrates the goals that go in after he signals for play on because it helps him in the referee table

[zyrenBF]

The Refereeing decisions in recent games have been so poor to correct that we have VAR but VAR officials make even worse decisions ...

[noahlie]

Me: Blind
Premier league: You’re hired!

[yateendradwivedi]

Refrees first appeared on athletic..to get in depth knowledge on their personal lives join the athletic at 1 pound a week😂

[mclovinjr]

I had no idea the process was this complicated. And even after all this, Premier League refs make shocking decisions even with the aid of VAR

[ghostswrld]

If only trusted officials are on the Merit table, that table is definitely empty.

[matthewrobinson]

And there is me thinking that they just pulled the names out of a hat.

[MRJDXTRA]

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[adnankassem]

This is why this channel is awesome. Who else would provide this content?? I had no idea this whole procedure even existed.

[ILikedGooglePlus]

Wish Sian Massey-Ellis could referee every game, and do the VAR, and be the assistant referees

[rustoo]

Such a beautiful and informative video from Tifo once again! Now every time I see a Premier League match, I will think of this interesting process of referee selection :) This builds so much empathy in the fans for the referees.

[jasonstatham]

As a chelsea fan, I don’t want Anthony taylor anywhere near one of our games again after 2 calamitous FA cup final performances (he’s also a closet arsenal fan)

[coysgub]

I love that you show them receiving the match footage as if they get it on a VCR in the mail, simpler time simpler times.

[mahmoudahmed]

Honestly The video surprised me with the amount of depth in it
The quality is unparalleled

[ifeanyiobiora-okafo]

So they do all this and we still see Mike Dean and Craig pawson each week???? Nah fam I'm livid joe

[szebasztiannovak]

They have limited choices... bad, worse and Martin Atkinson

[isaaclopez]

Watching this during a winter storm in Texas without power in my neighborhood so thank you Tifo ❤️