Sian Massey-Ellis
Sian Louise Massey-Ellis, MBE is an English football match official. She officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Premier League and the Football League. She has also been appointed to matches in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification rounds, and the UEFA Europa League.
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Sian Louise Massey-Ellis, MBE is an English football match official. She officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Premier League and the Football League. She has also been appointed to matches in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification rounds, and the UEFA Europa League. In May 2018, she was appointed as an assistant referee at the UEFA women’s Champions Final. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to football.
She is married to Robert Ellis, also a football referee, and they have two children. She turned professional in 2010 and was appointed to the FIFA list of women assistant referees in 2009. In 2011, a sexism controversy erupted over remarks made about her by staff of Premier League broadcaster Sky Sports, which led to commentator Andy Gray and presenter Richard Keys being sacked. In October 2019, she will be an assistant ref at the FIFA World Cup in France.
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