Sam Allison is set to become the first BLACK referee to Officiate a Premier league game
The PGMOL has appointed Sam Allison as the Match official for a Premier League game between Sheffield United and Luton Town at Bramall lane on Boxing Day. Sam Allison,the first black referee to officiate a Premier League game since 2008 ( image - The Sun) Howard Webb, PGMOL chief, delivered his promise,which was made in summer to diversify the top-flight refereeing. The appointment of the 42-year- old Referee will rewrite the history as Sam Allison will become the second black referee to officiate a Premier League. For the past three years,Sam was the only black ref in the top four English Divisions. He's also the first since Uriah Rennie in 2008. There are almost 300 refs in England, surprisingly the number of non-white refs is below 10. This might have triggered the need for the PGMOL to try diversify hence the appointment of Sam. BAMRef ( the Black, Asian and Mixed-heritage Refereeing group) is please with this appointment as they issued the following statemen