Michael Oliver

Boly handball and flurry of red cards spark call for VAR in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

August 30, 2018

There’s no getting away from it, this was a brutal weekend for the Premier League. Four red cards in the Saturday 3pm kick-offs plus a more than dubious handball in [...]

A dicey challenge from Arter and tough decisions in the Crystal Palace game in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

August 23, 2018

After a pretty up and down first weekend of refereeing in the Premier League, gameweek two provided a few more big talking points both on and off the field as we said goodbye [...]

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 [...]

Praise for Pawson’s handling of Manchester United vs Liverpool in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

March 15, 2018

Two of the biggest teams and managers went head-to-head in the Premier League this weekend and there was plenty more drama both on and off the field in the battle at the [...]

Bournemouth let down by Probert, Tottenham and Liverpool denied clear fouls by Friend & Scott in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

March 9, 2018

Last weekend so several big clashes at the bottom of the league plus the current champions facing the champions to be. So of course we need youaretheref.com’s Mark Halsey [...]