Background to the PGMOL

 

Background to PGMOL

Professional Game Match Officials Ltd

With the advent of professional referees in 2001, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) was formed to provide match officials for all professional football matches played in England.

The Board is made up of the chief executives of the Football Association, the Premier League and the Football League with a Non Executive Chairman.

The trio are tasked with the responsibility of developing excellence in officiating in the English game at the Professional Level The General Manager and his team of Managers and Coaches is responsible for the training, development and monitoring of Referees and Assistant Referees.

The General Manager also decides which referees will officiate at Barclays Premier Leagues matches while David Allison decides Football League matches and consults with the Football Association over FA Cup.

The top-flight referees are continually monitored at games and attend fortnightly meetings in which, amongst other matters, their performances, via the use of ProZone, are evaluated.

The PGMOL has employed Simon Brevik, Head of Sports Science  and he is supported by Adam Kerr both of who are qualified Sports Scientist to work with the match officials in designing and monitoring the fitness of match officials.

They provide a varied set of training sessions at variable intensities ensuring that match officials are at peak fitness to officiate at the top level of the game.

All training sessions and games are carefully scrutinised thanks to the aid of Polar Heart Monitors.

At the start of the 2010/11 season, Tune Group, the lifestyle and entertainment brand, were announced as the new Principal Partner for Professional Games Match Officials (PGMO) for three seasons.

Tune Group is the parent company of PGMO’s previous Principal Partner, AirAsia. The Malaysian-based business is also responsible for a number of other major brands including: AirAsia X, the world’s first low-cost, long-haul carrier; Formula 1 team Lotus Racing; the ASEAN Basketball League; and Tune Hotels, the limited service hotel chain that provides '5-star beds at 1-star prices'.

 

 

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