Ref Review

Ref Review: Tottenham’s crucial Champions League goal sparks handball confusion and Troy Deeney pays price for blundering Pawson against Arsenal in Mark Halsey’s ref review

April 20, 2019

After a bit of a break, former Premier League referee Mark Halsey is back and in good time given what unfolded at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night. With plenty of [...]

Manchester United’s handball and Tottenham vs Arsenal offside calls come to the fore in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

March 8, 2019

The past week provided two of the biggest talking points of the season so far. Firstly, a penalty awarded to Tottenham in the North London derby on Saturday sparked [...]

Man City vs Chelsea and Man United vs Tottenham handled well but others not so lucky in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

March 1, 2019

It was a bumper week of action with both weekend and midweek games and the former certainly provided plenty of talking points on Friday and Saturday, plus a Sunday which saw [...]

VAR at the centre of things once again, plus big penalty calls at Arsenal and Liverpool in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

February 1, 2019

It was a bumper week of action as the FA Cup took precedent and the availability (and unavailability) of VAR once again took centre stage before a topsy-turvy 24 hours of [...]

Liverpool’s Salah lucky, Manchester City’s Sterling unlucky in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

January 25, 2019

Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey returns this week to browse another eventful weekend of officiating. It started off with a manager sent off for celebrating his team [...]

Tougher action needed on simulation and thorough VAR review in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

January 18, 2019

After another frantic few weeks of officiating, both VAR and non-VAR related, Mark Halsey is back after the winter break to run the rule over last weekend’s big decisions [...]

Ref Review: Leicester’s disallowed goal, Newcastle penalty woes

December 21, 2018

After a few weeks away, Mark Halsey is back to look over some of the biggest refereeing decisions from last weekend and other talking points from earlier in December as we [...]

Liverpool get a lucky break while Manchester City and United match refereed “excellently” in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

November 16, 2018

The most recent weekend of Premier League action possibly brought up some of the most talked about officiating of the season before. Mark Halsey is back to explain his [...]

Common sense needed at Cardiff, Liverpool perhaps unlucky to see goal ruled out in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

November 9, 2018

Viktor Kassai’s bizarre decision in the Champions League captured the headlines during the week, but last weekend saw big talking points at Cardiff, West Ham, Arsenal and [...]

West Ham red card spot on, Arsenal can have few complaints in Mark Halsey’s Ref Review

November 2, 2018

Last weekend didn’t see too many referees come under the spotlight, but Mark Halsey is back once again to look at busy days for Martin Atkinson, Jon Moss and Andre [...]