The Honest Ref

I am a Qualified Football Referee who has officiated at various levels in England. With the noise on Twitter & in the general Football sphere from 'expert pundits' I aim to give an honest unbiased opinion from a referees perspective #Referee #Football #Honest #Unbiased #Respect

Fair play to the @METROBUS driver (driving a big 410 bus) who was the only one who went to a woman slumped unconcious by Redhill McDonalds about half 7 this evening. He put his coat on her, phoned an ambulance & stayed until it arrived. Need more people like that in the world 👍🏻

The summer is over! At least from a footballing perspective⚽️ I will do my best to share my opinions on big decisions across the leagues (not just Premier) if you think your team have been wronged, ask away! #PremierLeague #EFL #SPL #LaLiga #SerieA #Bundesliga #Ligue1 #Football

Considerations - Is there contact? NO - Is the defender reckless (foul threshold), forcing the attacker to avoid the challenge unreasonably? NO NO penalty. Has the player sought to deceive the officials to win a penalty? YES. Correct decision! #playofffinal #NottinghamForest

I think @htafc are VERY unlucky here. Jon Moss clearly cannot see clearly with the players blocking his line of sight. Lowe makes significant contact with player and no ball. Certainly enough to bring the player down - PENALTY. VAR fail for me. #ChampionshipPlayoffFinal

LAW 11: A player is OFFSIDE when: "gaining an advantage by playing the ball or interfering with an opponent when it has: rebounded or been deflected off... an opponent" Does Konate PLAY the ball or deflect it? For me 'plays' = ONSIDE & GOAL #LiverpoolVsRealMadrid

Jon Moss signs off an illustrious career by officiating the #EFL #ChampionshipPlayoffFinal between #Huddersfield & #nottinghamforest - he is assisted by Marc Perry & Tim Wood with Craig Pawson as 4th Official & Ian Hussin on VAR. #Champhionship #HUDNOT #PremierLeague #Promotion

Who is the Champions League final referee? Clement Turpin Liverpool and Real Madrid history sportingnews.com/us/soccer/n… #Liverpool #RealMadrid #ChampionsLeague #ChampionsLeagueFinal #Football #Referees #Respect #UCLfinal #UCL #LIVRMA

Big day of football! Frenchman Clement Turpin is #referee for the #UEFA #ChampionsLeagueFinal between @LFC and @realmadrid with fellow countrymen Nicolas Danos & Cyril Gringore as Assistants. Jerome Brisard on VAR. The game can be watched for free 8PM on @btsport 8pm (UK).

Congratulations to @premierleague referees Martin Atkinson and Mike Dean on their retirements. Also to Jon Moss who will retire after refereeing the @EFL @SkyBetChamp #PlayOffFinal Many years of dedicated service - no matter what your opinion of their performances! #Respect