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Clattenburg Gets Red Card Ahead of Community Shield Final

Started by The Gaffer · 10 months ago

This Sunday marks the traditional beginning of the top flight of English football when Portsmouth battles Manchester United in the Community Shield Final at Wembley Stadium in London. If you’re like me, you’re excited about seeing the return of English football after bei ... Continue reading »

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Kyle
11 months ago

Are EPL refs part-timers? Looking at American sports, the officials in the NFL are weekend warriors, and the umpires in baseball are full time employees, and the latter are orders of magnitude better.

With the number of leagues in England and the money in football, you'd think that a full-time system where refs work their way to the top leagues from the bottom would be in place (is it?).

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Michael
11 months ago

Yes.

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Paul Bestall
11 months ago

The Premiership refs receive a retainer of £33,000 per season as well as £900 per game. Clattenburg took 26 Premiership matches last season, so topped his basic salary up by £23,400. Add on top of that European and Cup games , speaking engagements and sponsorship and he brought in a tidy packet last season so to see his company go under to the tune of a years salary strikes me as odd.

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