Anthony Taylor

Jagielka red card splits opinion and a missed penalty for Fulham in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

August 16, 2018

The Premier League is back! Which means so is our expert former referee Mark Halsey from TheRef.online. The first weekend of action saw several penalties given, one which [...]

Poor refereeing all around as Southampton, Manchester United & Liverpool hard done by in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

April 26, 2018

In a bumper fortnight which saw several rounds of Premier League action, some big midweek games, two FA Cup semi-finals and two Champions League semi-finals, we definitely [...]

Michael Oliver spot on to award Real Madrid penalty says Mark Halsey in Ref Review

April 14, 2018

Despite a Merseyside and Manchester derby at the weekend, all eyes ended up on the midweek Champions League action as controversy encapsulated Real Madrid vs Juventus. We [...]

VAR in Manchester United game was a “farce” whilst Manchester City game handled badly in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

February 22, 2018

The FA Cup took centre stage during another controversial weekend of officiating which threw up more questions about VAR, more incidents involving Dele Alli and a managerial [...]

Tottenham vs Arsenal managed well but Manchester United get lucky in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

February 16, 2018

Compared to last weekend it was a relatively calm round of Premier League action. Even so, we once again call youaretheref.com’s Mark Halsey to talk us through what the [...]

Tottenham vs Liverpool offside debacle + Chelsea & Manchester United in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

February 9, 2018

The Premier League threw up not just one of the games of the season last weekend, but one of the games of the weekend for refereeing talking points. In a way it [...]

Tottenham pair should have walked, Manchester United lucky not to concede penalty in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

December 21, 2017

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and some footballers will be getting Christmas off after another weekend of controversial red cards and even more simulation. We once again [...]

Everton penalty call was spot on, Michael Oliver failed to be consistent in Manchester derby in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

December 13, 2017

As Christmas gets closer and closer, it would appear officiating is slipping in quality in the Premier League after yet another weekend of big talking points in some of the [...]

Ref Review with Mark Halsey: Lukaku decision ‘astounding’, Mignolet should have walked, but more praise for Jon Moss after Manchester United match

December 1, 2017

It was another big week of refereeing decisions in the Premier League with a bumper round of action including a full set of midweek games. Penalties helped two of the top [...]

Arsenal’s first goal not a free kick, plus Kompany very lucky in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

November 22, 2017

The first weekend of games post the international break threw up some of the biggest and most controversial decisions of the season so far, perhaps the officials were still [...]