Also at the end of December, the first black referee in 15 years will work in an elite division match
History will be rewritten on December 23 English Premier League. For the first time in the history of the competition, the match will be officiated woman – chief arbiter. She will become Rebecca Welchscheduled for the fight Fulham — Burnley.
And just three days later his match in the Premier League (Sheffield United — Luton) the first black referee in 15 years will work – Sam Ellison. His predecessor is Uriah Rennie, who last refereed at this level in 2008.
Rebecca Welch officiating football in 2010. In 2021, she became the first woman to referee a match in English professional football. The League 2 clash between Harrogate Tyne and Port Vale was historic. She also worked Birmingham’s FA Cup clash with Plymouth in the 2021/22 season. Last season, Rebecca took part in two EFL and two Championship matches.
On November 3, at the Fulham-Manchester United match, Welch became the first woman in the history of the Premier League to join the refereeing team as a reserve referee.
Ellison, 42, was a former footballer who played for Swindon, Bristol and Bournemouth. Then he became a football referee. In 2020, he became the first black chief referee in the history of the Football League. In October 2022, he was included for the first time in the list of officials for a Premier League match as a reserve referee.
The last time a black referee, Uriah Rennie, worked in the elite English division was a decade and a half ago. There has already been a female referee in the history of the Premier League, but not the main one, but an assistant – we’re talking about lineswoman Sian Massey-Ellis.
Source: Sportarena
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