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BBC News
27-05-2025
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- BBC News
Bramall appointed 'on merit'
Former Premier League referee Chris Foy said Thomas Bramall's decision on Sunday was an "unfortunate incident" but that many referees "would have given a foul in that situation".Bramall blew for a foul when Morgan Rogers nudged the ball away from Manchester United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir before the Villa midfielder put the ball in the thought Bayindir had two hands on the ball, though television footage suggested otherwise, and because he stopped play before the ball crossed the line, the video assistant referee (VAR) could not told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club he was "impressed" by Bramall's showing in Manchester City's 3-1 win over Bournemouth on 20 May - a match that featured a straight red card for each added: "He's been given the [Villa] game on merit, he was worthy of his appointment."Unfortunately we're talking about one decision because he made a really good decision to send the goalkeeper off and took his time to give the penalty."He was going really well but unfortunately we're talking about this one decision."Former Villa goalkeeper Shay Given said Bramall will "learn" and "grow" from this situation."Let's not forget Thomas Bramall is a human being," he added."I find it more difficult when VAR with all different angles make wrong decisions. This guy has just made a human error, it's more forgivable."Listen to the Monday Night Club's discussion on the incident on BBC Sounds
BBC News
27-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
What is PGMOL's appointments policy?
Former referee Chris Foy explained it can be tricky for officials to be allotted a fixture based on current Villa have complained to referees' body PGMOL about Thomas Bramall after he made a "big mistake" in their 2-0 defeat at Manchester United on Sunday that contributed to them missing out on the Champions Game Match Officials Limited told BBC Sport it does not comment on why individual appointments for matches are to the PGMOL appointments policy, all match officials must submit a declaration of interests form before the start of each officials, video assistant referees and assistant video assistant referees are only eligible to officiate games that do not involve a club for which they have a conflict of includes clubs they support, have played competitive matches for at first-team level or clubs from the same town or city, excluding London, where the official policy also states officials cannot be involved in a match that directly involves a club "which has a strong association with a club for which an interest has been declared".It is up to PGMOL's discretion to determine if a club has a strong association with that other chief refereeing officer Howard Webb can also vary the appointments at his discretion.
