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
Crystal Palace were lucky when Joachim Anderson escaped punishment
Crystal Palace were lucky when Joachim Anderson escaped punishment for denying a goal scoring opportunity against Burnley. I was surprised VAR did...
Crystal Palace FC Burnley FC
Scott McTominay correctly dodged red card with Jon Moss spot on in Watford vs Man United
I’m the first one to criticise officials and VAR operators when things go wrong, so it’s nice to be able to redress...
Manchester United FC Watford FC
Jurgen Klopp can have no complaints over West Ham’s first goal vs Liverpool, says Mark Halsey
WEST HAM V LIVERPOOL Aaron Cresswell was lucky to stay on the pitch. Yet again we have seen inconsistency from VAR. This...
Liverpool FC Tottenham FC
Aston Villa’s El Ghazi was very fortunate to stay on the pitch against Southampton, says Mark Halsey
Looking at the Southampton v Aston Villa game on Friday night, there was one incident that really caught my attention. An incident...
Aston Villa FC Southampton FC
Mark Halsey column: Unpunished forearm smash in Aston Villa vs West Ham shows VAR is still all over the place in Premier League
What on earth is going on with VAR and the training and education ? It’s still all over the place in the Premier...
Aston Villa FC West Ham FC
Mark Halsey column: You’ve got to applaud Andre Marriner’s handling of Newcastle-Tottenham incident
We all witnessed that distressing incident in the match between Newcastle and Spurs on Sunday, and I think Andre Marriner correctly stopped...
Tottenham FC West Ham FC
Mark Halsey column: Offside rule is an ass but Kylian Mbappe’s goal had to stand in Nations League final
There’s already been a great deal of debate over the goal which won France the Nations League title on Sunday night, and...
International Football
Mark Halsey column: Liverpool man should have been sent off against Man City
James Milner should have been sent off for a second cautionable offence when he denied a promising attack in the 74th minute....
Liverpool FC Manchester City
Mark Halsey on the North London derby: Arsenal got lucky over Harry Kane incident but VAR right not to rule out any of the goals
Arsenal were lucky Tottenham were not awarded a penalty when Ben White clipped Harry Kane on the edge of the box on...
Tottenham FC Arsenal FC
Mark Halsey column: It was an awful weekend in the Premier League for PGMOL’s finest refs
There was quite a bit of refereeing controversy this weekend in the Premier League. It was all going so well before the...
Manchester City Manchester United FC
Mark Halsey column: Time for FIFA and UEFA to expel teams if racist chanting continues
There wasn’t too much in the way of controversial on-pitch incidents during the current international break. The Portugal v Republic of Ireland...
International Football
Mark Halsey column: Granit Xhaka and Arsenal can have no complaints after serious foul play challenge
I think you’ve got to say what on earth was Granit Xhaka doing making a challenge of that nature in that part...
Arsenal FC