For the first time in history, a female referee will blow the whistle in an English professional football Premier League (EPL) game.The Associated Press reported on the 15th, “Rebekah Welch (England) will serve as referee for the Fulham-Burnley match to be held on the 23rd,” and “This is the first female referee in the history of an EPL game.”Referee Welch, born in 1983, began refereeing soccer in 2010, and is the first female referee in English professional soccer second division and English Football Association (FA) Cup matches.

She also served as the first female substitute referee in the Premier League in a match between Manchester United and Fulham last month. In the German Bundesliga, a female referee was appointed for the first time in 2017, and at the FIFA Men’s World Cup, Stefanie Frappart (France) served as referee for the match between Germany and Costa Rica during the Qatar World Cup last year.Meanwhile, Sam Allison was appointed as the referee in the match between Sheffield United and Luton on the 26th.There has been a black referee in the EPL 무료슬롯게임 for the first time in 15 years since 2008.