Ahead of the 2025/26 season, Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) has announced that a number of match officials have received promotions.

Referees Farai Hallam, Adam Herczeg, Tom Kirk, Ruebyn Ricardo, Lewis Smith and Ben Toner will join a newly-created supplementary list for the Select Group in the 2025/26 season, serving both the Premier League and EFL.

Assistant referees Jonathan Bickerdike, Conor Brown, Emily Carney, Callum Gough, Jacob Graham, David Harrison and Alistair Nelson will be moving up from the National Group to predominantly officiating on Championship fixtures during the forthcoming season.

FIFA referees Mel Burgin and Emily Heaslip as well as assistant referees Matt Joyce, David Middleton and Joseph Karram will also now operate across fixtures in the EFL for the 2025/26 season, reflecting their success across both the men’s and women’s professional game pathways.

Also stepping up into roles across the EFL are:

Referees:

Harrison Blair

Declan Brown

George Laflin

Lewis Sandoe

Matt Scholes

Gareth Thomas

Assistant Referees:

Martin Beard

Joshua Bramall

Andrew Daniels

Karl Donaghey

John Duffy

George Eaton

Thomas Holden

Mehul Karia

Conor Ledgeway

Richard Morris

William Murray

Michael Robinson

Alex Rolfe

Gavin Scott

Bailey Walker

PGMO Match Officials promoted ahead of 2025/26 season

PGMO Match Officials promoted ahead of 2025/26 season