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Mijensa Rensch must feel awful expecting her name to be called out as one of the assistant referees upon hearing Penso’s name; for it then to be called out as the reserve assistant referee…

Tim Robinson and Darren Bond have been promoted to Select Group 1.

Matt Corlett has been promoted to the National List.

A very good Premier League referee down the years, who in many ways seemed to get better as he aged.

It still feels relatively recently that he was one of the newly promoted SG refs who was struggling a bit to get PL appointments. It certainly makes me feel old!

I'm sad he didn't quite get to 400 PL games but 390ish is still a very good effort.

Is there any word on if he'll have a role with the PGMOL going forwards, whether as a VAR or coach etc?

There are certainly vacancies at the moment.

PGMOL can confirm that Video Assistant Referee Lee Mason has departed the organisation by mutual consent.

Lee was a Premier League referee for 15 years and oversaw 287 top flight matches during that time, with his last coming during the closing stages of the 2021/22 season. His full career in the professional game saw the 51-year-old officiate in over 500 fixtures after he progressed to the Football League in 1998.

We would like to thank Lee for his dedicated service to the professional game and wish him all the best for the future.

https://twitter.com/fa_pgmol/status/1626669063140171784?s=46&t=7QrgdyQaBMMtuBdg6TouRQ

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11764529/Lee-Mason-leaves-PGMOL-mutual-consent-following-VAR-blunder.html

PGMOL has confirmed that Howard Webb will take up the role of Chief Refereeing Officer.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2758799

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I believe Smith failed fitness test therefore didn’t get an interview Only two went forward for interview.

“Reliable source” or rumour mill?

Sadly true. Unbeknown to Josh he was beginning a bout of covid having tested positive the next day and subsequently coming off the League One play off final

I know he will be determined to be back in the shop window next year

Shame. It shows how fragile the system can be and how all of the hard work across a season can be undone in the blink of an eye.

It seems a tad harsh that there has been no reconsideration if Smith was hit with Covid.

Also - is it commonplace for referees within the Select Group (1 or 2) to complete a fitness test before being promoted?

I am sure that at every other level, referees undertake a fitness test after being informed of their promotion - i.e. Level 3 referees were told in May and have June, July, etc. to complete the test.