Just announced. FA's own fault though - they nominated Atwell and Madley. FIFA thought they were taking the p***
They were relying on Mark Clattenburg but he walked out and no-one was deemed good enough to be selected .
seriously, i think the problem is the tv coverage that referees get in this country. Refereeing is a very difficult jobs and our refs are not very good at it when you see the errors highlighted in the live matches every week. I am not saying that foreign referees are any better - I just think that their errors are not highlighted as much.
If none of the refs in any country is good enough, then self policing by the players is the only option. Self policing down our left flank by Holebas & Richie would be particularly effective, one would think.
Well we don't see the overseas refs quite as much I guess. Sure once we get knocked out our media will complain about some official from a "3rd rate country "!
The standard of refereeing in this country is not only horrendous, but it is getting worse. TV scrutiny doesn't help but neither does the culture of ref's wanting to be the star attraction and live like a celebrity.
Well Clattenburg will be at the World Cup on ITV! http://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-14/watch-the-2018-fifa-world-cup-live-on-itv/ Will BBC have an official on their coverage too? VAR will be a big issue no doubt .
Fulham keeper in playoff gets yellow in injury time for wasting time. Ref adds on another 4 seconds. No wonder these tools don’t get the gig. Pathetic.