Former Premier League referee Anthony Taylor joins Turkish refereeing committee

[p]Taylor ‌retired last month following a ‌22-year career spanning 831 matches. The ‌47-year-old's final refereeing assignment was the Portugal v Spain World Cup ‌round-of-16 game in Dallas ⁠last month.[/p][p][b]"Having ‌officiated at the highest levels of ​domestic and international football, I welcome the opportunity to ​bring that experience to a role focused on the strategic and ⁠technical ​development of elite refereeing in Turkey," Taylor said in a statement.[/b][/p][p][b]"I will work with colleagues across the ‌Federation to support the continued development of its match officials and strengthen the wider refereeing programme, in line with UEFA and FIFA standards."[/b][/p][embed guid="c9bfb37a-cba6-4353-9cd9-1067bf16ac97" url="https://x.com/MHK_Resmi/status/2084597652948217961" social-type="twitter" /][p]Taylor is the latest former English top-flight referee to move abroad after retirement, ‌following Howard Webb and Mark ​Clattenburg, who both held senior ‌refereeing roles in Saudi Arabia.[/p][p]Taylor spent 16 seasons refereeing in the Premier League, overseeing 432 matches in England's ⁠top flight.[/p]