Select Group


The Select Group is a panel of English professional football referees and assistant referees, appointed by Professional Game Match Officials Limited.
The panel was established in 2001, when referees in England became professional.

Select Group Match Officials

Referees

Eight Select Group referees and eleven assistant referees are also on the FIFA International List.
Attwell, Coote, Kavanagh, Madley, Oliver, Pawson, Taylor, and Tierney, serve as international referees.
Bennett, Beswick, Betts, Burt, Cook, Hatzidakis, Hussin, Lennard, Massey-Ellis, Nunn, and Smart, serve as international assistant referees.

Notable International Appointments

Current and former Select Group match officials have overseen some of the most prestigious matches available, these include:
Refereed by Howard Webb, and assisted by Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey.
Overseen by Webb, Cann, and Mullarkey.
Refereed by Mark Clattenburg, and assisted by Simon Beck and Stephen Child.
Refereed by Martin Atkinson, and assisted by Stephen Child and Mike Mullarkey.
Refereed by Mark Clattenburg, and assisted by Simon Beck and Jake Collin.
Overseen by Clattenburg, Beck, and Collin.

Select Group 2 Match Officials

Referees