Tag: official

West Brom: What does Aune Heggebo’s deception of a match official ban mean for football?
21 August 2026 Off

West Brom: What does Aune Heggebo’s deception of a match official ban mean for football?

By Total Football News

Heggebo was charged with misconduct, contrary to FA Rule E3.1, by the Football Association on Tuesday.

In his defence, West Brom argued that the ball took a deflection off the goalkeeper before making contact with Heggebo’s hand.

The Baggies claim it affected the ball’s trajectory and left the player with “less than 0.1 of a second” to react.

Given the accidental nature of the handball, the club argued, it could

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Chris Kavanagh: Premier League official for Championship play-off final
22 May 2025 Off

Chris Kavanagh: Premier League official for Championship play-off final

By Total Football News

Premier League referee Chris Kavanagh will take charge of Saturday’s Championship play-off final between Sheffield United and Sunderland.

The 39-year-old started refereeing in the EFL in 2014 before stepping up to the Premier League in 2017.

Saturday will be his second Championship final, having refereed the 2021 Wembley showpiece when Fulham beat Swansea City 2-0 and he sent off the Swans’ Jay Fulton.

Kavanagh was also in charge for last

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John Eustace: Derby County make official approach for Blackburn boss
9 February 2025 Off

John Eustace: Derby County make official approach for Blackburn boss

By Total Football News

“I’m sure Steve [Waggott] and Suhail [Sheikh] will want to sit down with me. I’d be disappointed if they didn’t.”

Eustace, who made 62 appearances for Derby as a player, took over at Ewood Park in February.

Blackburn have won just two of their past 11 league games, a run that has frustrated the head coach.

“I’m away from my family a lot and as everyone is, I’m working my

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Darren Cann: Premier League official draws on roots to counter crowd hostility
16 November 2024 Off

Darren Cann: Premier League official draws on roots to counter crowd hostility

By Total Football News

Darren Cann is the most experienced match official in Premier League history – and he has a simple strategy for coping with the verbal abuse that inevitably comes his way at times.

The 55-year-old from Norfolk, who overtook Mike Dean’s record of officiating at 562 top-flight games last month, has refereed and run the line for two decades in front of 50,000-plus crowds – often impassioned by decisions against their

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David Coote: PGMOL taking new allegations around Premier League official ‘very seriously’
13 November 2024 Off

David Coote: PGMOL taking new allegations around Premier League official ‘very seriously’

By Total Football News

Referees’ body PGMOL says it is taking new allegations around Premier League official David Coote “very seriously”.

Coote is suspended from his role pending an investigation into a video which emerged earlier this week, in which the 42-year-old appeared to make disparaging remarks about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

On Wednesday the Sun newspaper published pictures it says were taken during this summer’s European Championship, alleging they appear to show

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Nottingham Forest did not ask for VAR official to be changed
22 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest did not ask for VAR official to be changed

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest did not ask for Stuart Attwell to be taken off video assistant referee duties for their match against Everton, BBC Sport has been told.

Following their 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park on Sunday, Forest posted on X that they are “considering their options” over “extremely poor” refereeing decisions they felt went against them.

The club said they had “warned” the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL)

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Nottingham Forest question VAR official in Everton defeat and ‘consider options’
21 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest question VAR official in Everton defeat and ‘consider options’

By Total Football News
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Nottingham Forest say they are “considering their options” over “extremely poor” refereeing decisions following their 2-0 defeat at Everton.

The club said they had “warned” the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL) that “the VAR is a Luton fan but they didn’t change him”.

“Three extremely poor decisions – three penalties not given – which we simply cannot accept,” the club said on Xexternal-link.

“Our patience has been

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