Referees in England must declare any allegiance to clubs

[Yorkie Bear 508]

From today's Guardian  in relation to the Notts Forest complains, it appears in England, referees must declare any allegiance to a club.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/nottingham-forest-pgmol-release-audio-everton-game-premier-league

 

At the moment officials have to declare their club allegiances and any others they have links to. This means they cannot officiate on the teams they support nor direct geographical or historical rivals to avoid a conflict of interest. Notts Forest want to add to this allegiances to account for contextual rivalries in the league table, not just local rivalries.

 

I was not aware of this requirement on referees. If the rule were to be extended from supported club and rivalries to include clubs battling for relegation/european spots, it's a wonder they could get any referees to officiate, or maybe referees in England are devoid of any affiliations to premiership teams.

 

Imaging if such a rule were to apply in Scotland.......

 

[Fa1833 150]

Haha yeah I can just imagine it ! I’m thinking it will be like the Trump legal case against him being the jurors 1-2 is going to be biased towards the other team 🤣

[Scott7 5,169]

38 minutes ago, Yorkie Bear said:

Imaging if such a rule were to apply in Scotland.......

 

An upsurge in support for Partick Thistle, Falkirk, Third Lanark.

[compo 6,140]

Up here you just ask them what school they went to 

[MacK1950 2,231]

As n aside to this European bosses have proved how bad Scots officials are by including NONE i

for the Euro Nations finals.

 

 

[Uilleam 5,429]

45 minutes ago, MacK1950 said:

As n aside to this European bosses have proved how bad Scots officials are by including NONE i

for the Euro Nations finals.

 

 

A UEFA spokesman said that it needed no lessons in corruption from Scotland.  

[compo 6,140]

Should referees declare if they are in the Masonic lodges .

[Yorkie Bear 508]

On 27/04/2024 at 10:42, compo said:

Should referees declare if they are in the Masonic lodges .

Only if they are in the same Lodge as Guardiola.