Mark Halsey

Mark R. Halsey was an English professional football referee who primarily refereed in the Premier League from 1999 to 2013 and was on the league's list of Select Group Referees from its creation in 2001 until his retirement. He refereed the League Cup Final between Tottenham and Chelsea in 2008.

Mark works as a pundit with BT Sport and CaughtOffside.com

Spurs unlucky with both non-goals at Southampton, says Mark Halsey with ex ref suggesting offside call went against PGMOL directive

Tottenham will be disappointed that Fraser Forster’s own goal wasn’t allowed to stand. Matt Doherty tried to connect with Harry Winks’ cross...

Dec 29 2021, 13:33

Tottenham FC Southampton FC

Former ref backs Jon Moss over “ridiculous” incident which saw Spurs player thrown to the floor

Wilfried Zaha not only let himself down, but all of his team-mates and the Crystal Palace fans that had made the journey...

Dec 27 2021, 9:53

Tottenham FC Crystal Palace FC

Paul Tierney made 2 “clear and obvious errors” in Spurs vs Liverpool but 3 other big calls were right, says former ref Mark Halsey

Sunday served up one of the games of the season so far as Tottenham and Liverpool produced a Premier League cracker. The...

Dec 20 2021, 10:28

Liverpool FC Tottenham FC

Mark Halsey: Man City shouldn’t have been awarded a penalty and VAR has been an absolute shambles again this weekend

James Maddison deceived the referee before Leicester were awarded a controversial 38th-minute penalty in their 4-0 win over Newcastle. Maddison threw himself...

Dec 13 2021, 15:01

Manchester City Aston Villa FC

We shouldn’t be chalking off goals like Richarlison’s against Arsenal, says Mark Halsey

Everton were extremely unlucky when Richarlison had a second half equaliser ruled out for offside. I know offside is factual but should...

Dec 7 2021, 8:50

Arsenal FC Everton FC

Why disallowing Aston Villa goal against Leicester City was the right decision – Mark Halsey

Michael Oliver was correct in law to disallow Jacob Ramsey’s goal for Aston Villa against Leicester. Kasper Schmeichel had one hand on...

Dec 6 2021, 10:09

Aston Villa FC Leicester City FC

Nothing wrong with Newcastle goal vs Burnley but Chelsea man could have been booked for unsporting behaviour at West Ham

Callum Wilson’s winner was correctly allowed to stand by referee Paul Tierney in the Newcastle vs Burnley game. A foul must be...

Dec 5 2021, 15:51

Chelsea FC West Ham FC

Man United v Arsenal should’ve been stopped but Smith Rowe situation was only one of three glaring errors that the officials made on the night

There was a bit of bizarre incident in the first half at Old Trafford on Thursday night with Martin Atkinson unsure as...

Dec 3 2021, 6:56

Manchester United FC Arsenal FC

Norwich’s Billy Gilmour was naive and Palace’s Guehi can’t have any complaints as VAR worked well in both Premier League matches

In Tuesday night’s fixtures, Norwich City’s Billy Gilmour was very naive and Newcastle were correctly awarded a penalty for handball. The midfielder’s...

Dec 1 2021, 6:59

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