Tag: officials

Manchester derby VAR officials not given Premier League game at weekend
14 September 2026 Off

Manchester derby VAR officials not given Premier League game at weekend

By Total Football News

The video assistant referee for the Manchester derby, Matt Donohue, and his assistant VAR, Blake Antrobus, have not been appointed for this weekend’s Premier League games.

The decision was made by the Premier League refereeing body Pro Ref’s chief refereeing officer Howard Webb and the management team.

It follows Pro Ref admitting to an “error of judgement” in awarding Erling Haaland’s winning goal for Manchester City at Manchester United on

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Blackburn Rovers: Owners Venky’s ‘do not want to sell club’ senior club officials tell BBC
4 April 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Owners Venky’s ‘do not want to sell club’ senior club officials tell BBC

By Total Football News

Rovers are 11th in the Championship table and five points outside the play-off places heading into the final stages of the season.

Despite being just outside the top six on points, however, Rovers have lost their past four games and are winless in six matches.

Waggott, Pasha and head of football operations Rudy Gestede were speaking to BBC Radio Lancashire the week after the trio were asked by a collection

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Evangelos Marinakis: Nottingham Forest owner given stadium ban for spitting towards officials
22 October 2024 Off

Evangelos Marinakis: Nottingham Forest owner given stadium ban for spitting towards officials

By Total Football News

The commission read reports from referee Robert Jones and fourth official Anthony Taylor, who said Nuno and Gibbs-White swore at them following the midfielder’s red card.

Nuno was also said to have “gesticulated aggressively” at Jones.

However, the statements added that Nuno apologised to the officials after the game. Both men wrote letters of apology to the commission and gave oral submissions.

The commission believed Gibbs-White’s remorse and assertion that

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Nottingham Forest fined £750,000 by FA after questioning integrity of match officials
11 October 2024 Off

Nottingham Forest fined £750,000 by FA after questioning integrity of match officials

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest have been fined £750,000 by the Football Association for bringing the game into disrepute after ruling the club questioned the integrity of a match official following their loss to Everton last season.

The club complained on X about three penalty decisions that went against them during a 2-0 defeat by the Toffees at Goodison Park on 21 April.

Forest denied they had questioned the integrity of officials or

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