Mike Riley to step down as English referees chief at end of season

DEPARTING: Former referee Mike Riley during the 2010 World Cup Qualifier match between Turkey and Spain. Riley is stepping down as head of PGMOL at the end of the season. Pic: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

Mike Riley will step down as English referees chief at the end of the coming season.

Riley has been managing director of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) for 13 years, but will bring his tenure to a close at the end of the 2022/23 campaign.