PREMIER LEAGUE referees Andre Marriner and Jonathan Moss will reportedly hang up their whistles at the end of the season. Professional Game Match Officials (PGMOL) boss Mike Riley is claimed to have told the experienced pair that their on-field duties will come to an end at the conclusion of the current campaign. But they continue […]
PREMIER LEAGUE referees Andre Marriner and Jonathan Moss will reportedly hang up their whistles at the end of the season.
Professional Game Match Officials (PGMOL) boss Mike Riley is claimed to have told the experienced pair that their on-field duties will come to an end at the conclusion of the current campaign.
But they continue to work in the Premier League with PGMOL, according to the Telegraph.
Moss and Marriner, both 51, join fellow ref Mike Dean in bowing out from on-field duties next month.
But unlike Moss and Marriner, the Telegraph claim legendary official Dean will not be offered a role at PGMOL.
Marriner has taken charge of 375 Prem games since his first match in November 2004.
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Moss meanwhile has been the man in the middle on 272 occasions in the Premier League, making his debut in January 2011.
The retirements are part of a major shake-up to officials in the English game and represents a changing of the guard, with many top refs now over 50-years-old.
There are said to be concerns among top officials about the quality of the new crop of referees.
Both Moss and Atkinson though will be tasked with helping the next generation of referees come through.
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Moss’ new role will see him manage the “select group one” referees – who are tasked with officiating Premier League matches.
Atkinson meanwhile will coach the group.
The Premier League is also planning to revamp the way referees can make it to officiating in the top-flight.
Currently the FA recommend officials to progress through the EFL and up into the Premier League.
But Prem bosses are in favour of a new “elite referee development plan” which will fast-track the process referees and assistants must go through in order to reach the top level.
