Episodes
On The Ref Show this week BBC Radio Sheffield's Rob Staton was on hosting duties with former Premier League and FIFA official Mark Halsey and Match Of The Day pundit Mark Lawrenson joining the Football Heaven presenter to discuss all things Youdan Trophy, YATR's trip to Colombia, and the Women's Euro 2017 where over the weekend England beat Spain 2-0. But the game wasn't without controversy with two decisions up for debate.....
Published 07/24/17
On The Ref Show this week BBC Radio Sheffield's Rob Staton was joined by Youdan Trophy Tournament Director Dean Mohareb and ex Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst to discuss the latest football news with Women's Euro 2017, the England national teams and Youdan Trophy on the agenda. There's also debate on Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths who was booked during his side's 2-0 win over Linfield. Preparing to take a corner, coins and a glass bottle rained down from a section of the south stand...
Published 07/17/17
On The Ref Show this week BBC Radio Sheffield's Rob Staton was on hosting duties with former Premier League official Roger Dilkes and ex Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst joining the Football Heaven presenter to discuss the introduction of sin-bins at grassroots level as well as the contentious issue of diving. Also in conversation was Wayne Rooney who returned to Everton, thirteen years after he left the club to join Man United, and the Youdan Trophy which is just three weeks away...
Published 07/10/17
On the Ref Show this week, Alan Biggs is joined by former FIFA and Premier League referee Mark Halsey and we welcome back ex Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Carlton Palmer to the show. In discussion is the much maligned debate surrounding VAR. It's use in the Confederations Cup has been the subject of much criticism, and the panel discuss whether they believe it has been worthwhile trial. Also in discussion is Mark Halsey's Kilimanjaro trip in September where The Steve Prescott Foundation...
Published 07/03/17
Joining Alan Biggs on the Ref Show this week are former Football League match official Dean Mohareb and ex Sheffield Wednesday and England striker David Hirst to discuss the much debated VAR issue which has come to light again this weekend during the Confederations Cup match between Cameroon and Germany where Wilmar Roldan comes under scrutiny. There's also talk about the England u21's reaching the Euro semi-finals and David Hirst talks about his son George and the progress the young Owls...
Published 06/26/17
Welcome to a mid summer edition of the Ref Show with Alan Biggs, former Manchester United Academy Coach Paul McGuinness and Youdan Trophy tournament director Dean Mohareb. This week's talking points include Video refereeing, the Confederations Cup, this year's Youdan Trophy tournament and more.
Published 06/19/17
Joining Alan Biggs on the Ref Show this week was BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson and former FIFA match official Mark Halsey to discuss England v Scotland, the VAR system and of course England u20's World Cup win in South Korea. Dominic Calvert-Lewin's goal was enough to see off Venezuela in a game which also featured the use of the Video Assistant Referee. There's also a mention for Chris Kavanagh who has recently been promoted to the Select Group 1 for next season following the departure of Mark...
Published 06/12/17
On The Ref Show this week Alan Biggs is joined by former player and manager Gary Megson and YATR co-director and former PGMO manager Keith Hackett, to discuss the UEFA Champions League final between Juventus and Real Madrid this past weekend. German referee Felix Brych is the man under scrutiny with the panel giving their opinion on his decision to send of Juan Cuadrado. There's also a mention for Damir Skomina who refereed the Europa League final two weeks ago as well as Keith and Gary...
Published 06/05/17
On The Ref Show this week Alan Biggs is joined by former FIFA assistant referee Glenn Turner and BBC pundit and ex Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson to discuss the weekend's FA Cup final as well as the League 2 play-off final. Plenty for the panel to get into with Anthony Taylor's performance at Wembley under scrutiny with the Altrincham born referee sending off Victor Moses for diving, as well as whether he should have ruled out Alexis Sanchez's opening goal for Arsenal. There's also praise...
Published 05/29/17
Alan Biggs is joined by former FIFA official Mark Halsey and ex Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst to discuss all the action from the final weekend of the Premier League season, as well as the League 1 playoff final. Up for debate was the 3-0 win for Liverpool at Anfield where they secured Champions League qualification against Middlesbrough, but it could have been different had Martin Atkinson awarded a penalty to Boro with the game at 0-0. The panel also discuss Millwall's playoff win...
Published 05/22/17
Joining Alan Biggs on The Ref Show this week were ex Football League referee Dean Mohareb and former Sheffield United and recent Star Football Hall of Fame inductee Brian Deane. High on the agenda were the Premier League and EFL play-offs, in particular the fixtures at the Etihad Stadium and the Stadium of Light. And in the EFL play-offs there was discussion surrounding the appointment of Nigel Miller in League 2 where Blackpool hosted Luton Town. 
Published 05/15/17
Alan Biggs is joined by Keith Hackett and Iain Dowie to discuss all the action from the weekend's Premier League and Football League games. Up for debate was the goalless draw at Anfield where Liverpool played Southampton on Sunday with Jurgen Klopp in particular unimpressed with the performance of Bobby Madley. Elsewhere Mark Hughes claimed Bournemouth's Harry Arter would have been sent off for his lunge on Joe Allen if he were a Stoke player. The panel discuss all this and more as the...
Published 05/08/17
Welcome to this week's Ref Show with Alan Biggs, former referee Dean Mohareb and former striker Brian Deane. This week Alan kicks off the show by talking about penalties, when a referee is conned and when he is not conned, incidents in the lower league and they also go down under for a major talking point from Australia with video referees in mind.
Published 05/03/17
On the show this week Alan Biggs was joined by former FIFA referee Mark Halsey and ex Premier League and Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst to discuss and dissect all the action from the weekend in the Premier League and the Football League. There's also plenty to discuss in the weekend's two big FA Cup semi-finals with Martin Atkinson in particular receiving plenty of praise over the weekend whilst his fellow referee Craig Pawson, who took charge of Sunday's Arsenal v Man City fixture,...
Published 04/24/17
On the show this week, Alan Biggs was joined by former FIFA assistant referee Glenn Turner, who was joined by former Manchester United academy coach Paul McGuinness to discuss and dissect the weekend performances of officials in the Premier League and Football League. In discussion was the performance of Robert Madley in Manchester United's 2-0 win over Chelsea at Old Trafford. There's also praise for Jon Moss who refereed the early Sunday afternoon kick off between West Brom and Liverpool,...
Published 04/17/17
Joining Alan Biggs this week is former footballer and current BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson and ex Premier League and FIFA linesman Glenn Turner to discuss all the action from the weekend in the Premier League and the Football League. Robert Madley was in charge at Goodison Park where Everton defeated in form Leicester 4-2, his performance was under scrutiny, as was Craig Pawson who was on duty as Manchester United beat a Sunderland side who suffered their third defeat in eight days. There's also...
Published 04/10/17
Joining Alan Biggs on The Ref Show this week is former Premier League referee Roger Dilkes and ex England and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Carlton Palmer to analyse and dissect the weekend action. In discussion was inevitably the Merseyside derby where Anthony Taylor was under the spotlight, Did he control the game as well as he could have? Should Ross Barkley have seen red? Do you know the law when it comes to foul challenges? Elsewhere in the Premier League, Alan and the panel discuss the...
Published 04/03/17
This week on the Ref Show, Alan Biggs is joined by former Football League referee Dean Mohareb as well as the scorer of the first ever Premier League goal, Brian Deane. In a week where there was no Premier League football to discuss, World Cup qualifiers were on the agenda with the game between Republic of Ireland against Wales throwing up a few talking points for the guys. Irish captain Seamus Coleman suffered a broken leg after a wild tackle that led to Neil Taylor being sent off. But...
Published 03/27/17
On the The Ref Show Alan Biggs is joined by former referee Mark Halsey and ex Sheffield Wednesday player Gary Megson. This week the panel discuss Micheal Oliver the big game referee of the weekend, Manchester City v Liverpool, huge games from the Championship and a suggestion of a bust up in the tunnel!
Published 03/23/17
On the The Ref Show this week, Alan Biggs is joined by former referee chief Keith Hackett, and ex Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst, to analyse and dissect the weekend's football. A positive weekend for referees in England meant that discussion moved to the Old Firm derby where Celtic were denied a win late on against fierce rivals Rangers. But there was controversy with Celtic's Griffiths feeling he should have been awarded a penalty but referee Robert Madden turned down their...
Published 03/13/17
Joining Alan on the new look Ref Show this week was BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson and former Football League official Dean Mohareb. Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Bournemouth at Old Trafford was a game full of controversy with two incidents up for discussion. Both involving Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and defender Tyrone Mings, who engaged in physical acts of aggression towards each other on two separate occasions. The performance of Kevin Friend, the man in the middle, was under...
Published 03/06/17
On the Ref Show this week are former football player and manager Gary Megson who is joined by former PGMOL boss Keith Hackett to discuss with Alan Biggs the weekend action in the Premier League and the EFL Cup final. At Wembley there was a goal incorrectly ruled out which would have given Southampton the lead against Manchester United. The panel discuss the importance of the first goal in games and also whether bigger clubs tend to get more decisions from referees. In the Premier League,...
Published 03/01/17