The Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB), and since made a Limited Liability Company (PGMOL, or Professional Game Match Officials Limited), was formed when English association football referees turned professional in 2001, specifically to provide match officials for all games played in the Premier League in England. The Board consists of the three governing bodies' Chief Executives and Referees Managers in addition to The FA's Head of Refereeing. The organisation is headed by Mike Riley.
The board are tasked with the responsibility of developing excellence in officiating in the English game at the professional level. The General Manager and his team of managers and coaches is responsible for the training, development and monitoring of referees.
Mike Riley also decides which referees will officiate at Premier League matches while David Allison decides Football League matches and consults with the Football Association over the FA Cup.
The PGMOB replaced the referees' National Review Board. Former FIFA referee Roger Milford commented at the time: "I am sure this will mean more consistency from the officials on points of law which cause controversy."[1]
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The top-flight referees are continually monitored at games and attend fortnightly meetings in which, amongst other matters, their performances, via the use of ProZone, are evaluated.
The PGMOL employs Simon Breivik as Head of Sports Science and he is supported by Adam Kerr. Both Sports Scientists design training programmes, monitor the referees' training data and fitness test the match officials on a regular basis.
They provide a varied set of training sessions at variable intensities to ensure that match officials are at peak fitness to officiate at the top level of the game.
All training sessions and games are carefully scrutinised thanks to the aid of Polar Heart Monitors.
The PGMOL has changed its sponsorship for the 2010/11 season from Air Asia to its parent group, 'Tune Group'. The new logo is the same as the previous Air Asias but its colour reversed.[2]