In the studio this week Alan Biggs was joined by former Premier League referees Roger Dilkes and FIFA listed Mark Halsey to round up the weekend action in the Premier League, Football League and the two FA Cup Semi-Finals. Saturday saw Manchester United overcome a one goal deficit to defeat Tottenham 2-1 in the first FA Cup semi-final of the weekend, in which there were no incidents of concern for Anthony Taylor. But on Sunday there was much discussion surrounding Chelsea's win over...

In the studio this week Alan Biggs was joined by former Premier League and FIFA referee Mark Halsey and ex West Brom and Sheffield Wednesday manager Gary Megson to round up the weekend action in the Premier League and Football League. Manchester City were confirmed as champions when bottom of the league West Brom beat 2nd placed Man United 1-0, but Jose Mourinho's side might well feel aggrieved their rivals celebrations were not put on hold til next week after Ander Herrera was fouled in the...

On the show this week Alan Biggs was joined by ex Sheffield Wednesday and England striker David Hirst and, making his first appearance, former Premier League Assistant Referee and ex Training and Development Manager for PRO, Paul Rejer to discuss and dissect another entertaining weekend in the Premier League and Football League. Friday evening saw Neil Warnock's Cardiff side beaten to title rivals Wolves after missing not one, but two stoppage-time penalties. Wolves celebrations seemed to...

In The Ref Show studio this week Alan Biggs was joined by former West Brom and Sheffield Wednesday manager Gary Megson to round up the Easter weekend of football in the Premier League and Football League. Arsenal scored three second half goals to defeat Stoke City but Potters manager Paul Lambert was incensed at the home side's first goal when Bruno Martins Indi was adjudged to have fouled Mesut Ozil in the penalty area.  On Saturday there were appeals for Liverpool's Sadio Mane to be shown...

In The Ref Show studio this week Alan Biggs was joined by former Premier League winner Chris Sutton alongside the scorer of the first ever goal in the Premier League Brian Deane to round up a weekend of international football as well the action from Leagues 1 and 2. Gareth Southgate's England side were victorious on Friday evening with a 1-0 win over Holland after Jesse Lingard scored his first senior international goal. Should England's win have been more comfortable when Marcus Rashford...

In The Ref Show studio this week Alan Biggs was joined by former Sheffield Wednesday legends Gary Megson and David Hirst to round up another weekend of football in the Premier League and Football League as well as the FA Cup Quarter Finals. There was discussion on the game at the Bet365 Stadium where Stoke narrowly lost 2-1 to Sam Allardyce's Everton but should Cenk Tosun's opening goal have been disallowed, and how did the referee manage the reckless tackle that led to Charlie Adam's...

On this week's show Alan Biggs was joined in the studio by former Premier League and FIFA listed referee Mark Halsey and ex Sheff United and Leeds United footballer Brian Deane to wrap up the weekend action in the Premier League and Football League. Craig Pawson took charge of the Saturday lunchtime derby where Man United beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford but were the away side denied a penalty when Marouane Fellaini's legs collided with Saido Mane's? The panel also discuss the ugly scenes...

In The Ref Show studio this week Alan Biggs was joined by former Premier League referees Mark Halsey and Roger Dilkes to look back at the weekend's football action in the Premier League and The Football League. There's also discussion on the announcement by IFAB this weekend that VAR will be introduced into the Laws Of The Game. After two months use in England, the controversial system has caused many debates across the country and with this historic landmark, the landscape of football...

Joining Alan Biggs in The Ref Show studio today were BBC Sport and Match Of The Day pundit Mark Lawrenson and ex Premier League referee Roger Dilkes to look back over the action in the Premier League and Football League as well as reflect on the first showpiece occasion of the season, the Carabao Cup final. Martin Atkinson was in charge of Man United's 2-1 win over Chelsea at Old Trafford and delivered a performance of high standard, whilst at Wembley Man City picked up the first trophy of...

On The Ref Show this week were former Premier League and FIFA referee Mark Halsey and former FA National Referee Manager Dean Mohareb joining Alan Biggs in the studio for another round-up of the latest football action. We're past the halfway point in the international break with plenty of discussion of the World Cup play-offs from the weekend, in particular Thursday night's action where Northern Ireland could feel aggrieved with the referee after some baffling decisions. On Friday, England...

Joining Alan Biggs in The Ref Show studio this week, were former referees Roger Dilkes and Keith Hackett to discuss all the action across the Premier League and Football League, with plenty of talking points on the agenda. The panel give their view on an excellent performance by Anthony Taylor at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea defeated Manchester United 1-0, whilst in Sunday's early afternoon kick off between Manchester City and Arsenal, there were two big decisions for the guys to mull...

In The Ref Show studio this week, joining Alan Biggs were former Premier League referees Mark Halsey and Keith Hackett to discuss all the action across the Premier League and Football League, up and down the country. The panel debate the major talking point at Vicarage Road where an altercation between Troy Deeney and Joe Allen led to the Watford striker with his hands round the face of the Stoke midfielder, while in the early kick off in Manchester, Tottenham's Dele Alli was the subject of...

On The Ref Show this week former PGMOL manager Keith Hackett and ex Sheffield Wednesday legend David Hirst both joined presenter Alan Biggs in the studio to discuss the best of the action from the weekend. There's praise for Andre Marriner and Jon Moss, in charge at Wembley and Stamford Bridge but over at The Etihad there's debate on the topic of simulation, in particular the penalty won by Bernardo Silva. It's an issue which rears it's head more often than and KH believes stricter...

Joining Alan Biggs on The Ref Show this week were ex Football League referee Dean Mohareb and former Sheffield United and the scorer of the first ever goal in the Premier League Brian Deane. High on the agenda were the Premier League and EFL play-offs. The all-too-common issue of 'diving' is again a headline of the show, this time the incident with Watford's Richarlison de Andrade during the Watford v Liverpool game. The Manchester Utd V Liverpool game refereed by Martin Atkinson saw an issue...

Joining Alan Biggs on The Ref Show this week were former Premier League referee Roger Dilkes and ex Crystal Palace manager and Sky Sports pundit Iain Dowie to discuss the international weekend of football. Dele Alli, the subject of much debate by plenty of You Are The Ref columnists, once again hit the headlines with the all-too-common issue of diving. The panel look back at England's 1-0 win over Lithunia on Sunday and the penalty, won by Alli. There was also action in the Football League...

Joining Alan Biggs on The Ref Show was former FIFA and Premier League referee Mark Halsey and ex Sheffield Wednesday and England midfielder Carlton Palmer to discuss week 7 of the Premier League as well as the latest action in the Football League. There's debate on Dele Alli who picked up a booking in Tottenham's 4-0 win at Huddersfield. The England midfielder was cautioned in the win as he tried to win a penalty in the second half. There's also discussion on the big tie of the weekend where...

On The Ref Show this week, Alan Biggs was joined by BBC Sport pundit Mark Lawrenson and former Referee Manager for the PGMOL Keith Hackett to discuss what was considered a successful weekend for referees in the football leagues. You can read more of Keith's view in his latest Verdict where he singles out praise for the man in charge of the Steel City derby, Simon Hooper. The Wiltshire official oversaw Sheffield United's 4-2 win over Sheffield Wednesday and his performance was highly praised....

In the Ref Show studio this week, former Football League referee and Youdan Trophy Director Dean Mohareb and ex Manchester United coach Paul McGuinness joined Alan Biggs to discuss another exciting weekend of football in the Premier League and Football League. Last week we saw Liverpool's Saido Mane sent off for a high foot challenge on Man City goalkeeper Ederson; fast forward a week and David Luiz produces a similar challenge on Laurent Koscielny in Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Arsenal. The...

On this week's Ref Show, Alan Biggs is joined by former PGMOL manager and FIFA referee Keith Hackett, and ex Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst to discuss all the action from the weekend as the Premier League returned from it's international break. Two high challenges resulted in two different outcomes with Liverpool's Saido Mane seeing red after colliding with Man City goalkeeper Ederson in the Saturday midday kick-off. Then on Sunday, Newcastle's Matt Ritchie produces a similar...

On The Ref Show this week former FIFA and Premier League referee Mark Halsey and ex Sheffield United striker Brian Deane joined Alan Biggs in the studio. Two charity games took place over the weekend with You Are The Ref supporting both causes. Mark Halsey, Andy Hogg, Guy Beale and Roger Dilkes took charge of both games and Mark reflects on being involved in raising money for the Grenfell Tower fire disaster and young Bradley Lowery's brave fight against neuroblastoma. There's also...

On The Ref Show this week former Premier League manager Iain Dowie and ex FIFA Assistant Referee Glenn Turner join Alan Biggs in the studio to discuss all the action in the Premier League and EFL from the weekend's football. There was a last gasp winner for Man City as Raheem Sterling came to the rescue once again, but his celebrations resulted in the England winger receiving his marching orders after jumping into the crowd for second yellow card, there's also discussion on Miguel Britos' red...

On The Ref Show this week former FIFA and Premier League referee Mark Halsey and ex Manchester United Academy coach Paul McGuinness joined Alan Biggs to discuss the latest round of fixtures in the Premier League and Football League. There's praise for Jon Moss and Anthony Taylor who oversaw Manchester United and Chelsea victories respectively; whilst the panel discuss the performance of Lee Mason who took charge of Southampton v West Ham at St Mary's where Marko Arnautovic was red carded for...

The Premier League returned with a bang this weekend with plenty of goals, shocks and controversy to dissect on this week's Ref Show. Joining Alan Biggs in the studio was former PGMOL referee manager Keith Hackett and BBC pundit and ex Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson to discuss the major talking points from the weekend's action. Keith expands on his recent article on the use of VAR which could have been used during Arsenal's Friday night win against Leicester, and the panel also discuss Gary...

On The Ref Show this week Alan Biggs returns to his presenting duties with former FIFA Assistant Referee Glenn Turner and ex Sheffield Wednesday and England midfielder Carlton Palmer on the panel. In discussion was the first weekend of the Football League with Tiago Ilori's sending off for Reading the subject of debate as well as the Community Shield where Arsenal triumphed over Chelsea. There's also the latest on the VAR with both positive and negative occurrences over the weekend; and the...

On The Ref Show this week BBC Radio Sheffield's Rob Staton was at Hallam Sports Park for the first day of the Youdan Trophy, he was joined by former PGMOL General Manager Keith Hackett and ex Manchester United coach Paul McGuinness. In discussion was of course the Youdan Trophy, now in it's third year, with the likes of Manchester United, Celtic and Seattle Sounders all taking part, the competition is set for it's biggest week yet....