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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #30 on: Wed 01 Jul 2026 22:11 »
He's from Altrincham, which is not Manchester.

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isn't it in greater manchester (as per wikipedia)?

asking for a friend...

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Yes, but Greater Manchester isn't a town or city, it's a county (although one invented). Altrincham is a separate town, like Rochdale, Oldham, bury, Wigan, Salford, etc...

Edit: In fact, to add to this, Altrincham doesn't even have a Manchester postcode, it has a Warrington postcode (WA). Only Salford of the places listed above has a Manchester (M) postcode.
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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #31 on: Thu 02 Jul 2026 10:11 »
Football fans are certain to re-name ProRef ‘PoorRef’, mark my words!
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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #32 on: Fri 03 Jul 2026 00:11 »
And possibly PratRef.
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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #33 on: Fri 03 Jul 2026 16:43 »
PooRef
Hajrá Lilák. Csak a Kispest. Hajrá Magyarok! Hajrá játékvezetői csapat! Soha ne add fel. Nincs sárga kérem!!! No Chris Kavanagh doesn't live in Ashton or even in the Greater Manchester area!!

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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #34 on: Fri 03 Jul 2026 19:15 »
From a financial sense, does this make all EFL officials fully professional? Considering they are all technically in identical roles.

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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #35 on: Sat 04 Jul 2026 22:31 »
He's from Altrincham, which is not Manchester.

hi,

isn't it in greater manchester (as per wikipedia)?

asking for a friend...

regards,


Yes, but Greater Manchester isn't a town or city, it's a county (although one invented). Altrincham is a separate town, like Rochdale, Oldham, bury, Wigan, Salford, etc...

Edit: In fact, to add to this, Altrincham doesn't even have a Manchester postcode, it has a Warrington postcode (WA). Only Salford of the places listed above has a Manchester (M) postcode.

My understanding is that Altrincham, as part of Greater Manchester, is under the administration of Trafford Metropolitan Borough whose headquarters, Trafford Town Hall, was the old Stretford Town Hall.

So I guess it depends how ‘local’ is defined.
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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #36 on: Sat 11 Jul 2026 10:14 »
From a financial sense, does this make all EFL officials fully professional? Considering they are all technically in identical roles.

Surely this is only what was formally SG1/SG2? as they were already professional

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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #37 on: Mon 03 Aug 2026 16:03 »
From Assessor (It's not pass or fail) to Observer (you could do better by doing this or that) to "Performance Developer".  What a load of tosh!
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Re: PGMO Rebranding
« Reply #38 on: Tue 04 Aug 2026 15:33 »
Name changes - referee developer now (!) but the people filling these roles these roles remain the same - therein lies the problem - its not the role, its the people carrying out the role that need changing
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