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Re: Clattenburg Gets Red Card Ahead of Community Shield Final

Paul Bestall — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:10:42 -0000

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.

Re: Clattenburg Gets Red Card Ahead of Community Shield Final

Michael — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:09:30 -0000

Yes.

Re: Clattenburg Gets Red Card Ahead of Community Shield Final

Kyle — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:06:02 -0000

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?).