Howard Webb: Last News

Love it or loathe it, it seems like VAR will be coming to Scottish football in the foreseeable future.

Former English Premier League ref Jon Moss is in the running to become the SFA's new refs chief.

Howard Webb - the head of Premier League refereeing - has said Andre Onana should have been booked for recklessness after conceding a penalty in Manchester United's 1-1 draw with Burnley at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The image of Jeremy Doku's foot planted into Alexis Mac Allister's ribcage has been analysed more then Kate Middleton's amateur photoshop skills.

An English Premier League match is to be officiated by a woman referee for the first time next week.

Noel Gallagher has hit out at the use of video assisted refereeing (VAR) in the Premier League and has also called Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) chief Howard Webb “disastrous”.Gallagher, a Manchester City fan, saw his team lose to Arsenal 1-0 over the weekend. He spoke to talkSPORT about Tottenham’s 2-1 win to Liverpool last week after Luis Diaz was incorrectly ruled offside following a VAR blunder.The referring association, PGMOL, have since apologised to Liverpool, releasing an audio to talk through how the error occurred as part of the greater transparency PGMOL Chief Howard had previously pledged.Gallagher, however, had some strong opinions about Webb and VAR.When asked about the blunder at Liverpool last week, Gallagher said of Webb: “All I will say is, this guy Howard Webb, since he’s been brought in to sort stuff out it’s been nothing short of an absolute disaster.“Nobody wants it VAR, it kills the vibe in the ground, they cannot get it right.“For the life of me, I cannot understand why they don’t use the same system they use in the Champions League, I can’t understand why [Premier League clubs voted against it].“It seems to be really definitive and fan friendly, I imagine the system here will get thrown out.

Manchester United benefited from a referee blunder in their Premier League opener with Wolves, says chief refereeing officer Howard Webb.

Premier League with football fans joking he's "Manchester United's first signing" of the summer transfer window.The former referee hung up his whistle in 2014 after officiating 296 top flight matches in England, as well as the finals of the FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, Champions League and World Cup.Webb is currently working behind the scenes in the MLS, but he's been lined up as the Prem's new chief refereeing officer after Mike Riley confirmed he was leaving the role. That news sparked a social media frenzy, with the 50-year-old often accused of favouring United during his active career.READ MORE: Man Utd tell Cristiano Ronaldo he is not for sale after star's agent meets with ChelseaOne Twitter user wrote: "'Howard Webb to become Premier League referees' chief’.

The Scottish Football Association have hosted a positive meeting with Premiership clubs on the introduction of VAR For all men’s top-tier league matches, and selected cup matches.

The SFA insist an initial presentation on how VAR could be implemented in the Scottish Premiership was received well by clubs in an initial meeting.

Get the latest news from Record Sport with our daily newsletterThe Scottish Football Association is set to hold an important meeting with Premiership clubs over the potential introduction of VAR.Motherwell will be present at the summit where the proposition of introducing VAR into the Scottish game will be raised on Friday, October 9.The proposal involves introducing the controversial technology for Scottish Premiership fixtures and the latter rounds of cup competitions.It was previously believed that the cost of introducing the technology would be prohibitive to Scottish clubs but that viewpoint has now changed.Howard Webb, the former English Premier League referee, will present at the meeting of representatives from all 12 Premiership

SFA and SPFL, the landmark meeting on October 8 will also explore implementing video technology into the latter rounds of cup competitions. Former English Premier League referee Howard Webb is set to deliver a presentation outlining VAR's evolution with clubs then being given the chance to debate its introduction.Cost has often been cited as a restricting factor but the SFA are prepared to underwrite the expense in training match officials to use it.

Euro 2020 has so far been without any major refereeing controversies thanks to VAR, which officials have been using intelligently and efficiently at this summer's tournament.It is quite the contrast from international competitions of the past, where referees have sparked outrage across nations due to basic human error.One of the biggest examples of this outrage came at Euro 2008, when Howard Webb quite literally became public enemy No.1 in Poland for awarding an injury-time penalty against them.Poland led tournament co-hosts Austria by a goal to nil as the last few minutes of their Group B encounter ticked away, having initially taken the lead through Roger Guerreiro.However, Webb broke the country's hearts by awarding Austria a late