Ex Premier League Ref gives opinion on VAR! - Mark Halsey - #24

The guest for todays video is Mark Halsey who spent over a decade refereeing within the Premier League. He was well regarded as one of the best of his time and shares some of his experiences, advice, and opinions on the current state of refereeing. Mark describes how he got on with players and coaches really well during his time as a ref and you can tell why in this video. He is super friendly, very chatty and is clearly very passionate about improving the standard of officiating in the professional game. Mark currently resides in Spain but is still very much involved in the game. One of my favourite conversations to date! He even pulled me up and threatened to give me a red card, after I (twice), referred to the 'rules' and not the 'laws'. We speak about VAR, handballs, law changes and some of Marks experiences. You can follow Mark on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/RefereeHalsey?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor More great guests on the way too, so don't forget to subscribe! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 1:51 - Mark Joins and gives overview, what he's up to now 6:50 - His playing days and getting into officiating 16:01 - Ex-players as referees 19:39 - Mark's other jobs before becoming full-time 22:17 - The average week of a professional referee 31:17 - What makes a good referee, and the current standard 36:07 - VAR 42:36 - Handball 44:26 - Making mistakes as a ref 47:19 - Post match interviews for refs? 50:21 - Dealing with abuse 53:31 - Getting stick from players and managers 55:58 - Twitter and supporting QPR 58:30 - Hypothetical law changes 1:02:39 - Memorable games, and favourite stadium and goal 1:06:55 - Advice for aspiring referees 1:08:02 - What's next for Mark and where to find him ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk