meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The 2 Robbies

10 - Special Guest - Mark Clattenburg

The 2 Robbies

NBC Sports Soccer

Soccer, Sports

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Robbie Mustoe is joined by Mark Clattenburg to discuss his refereeing career, what made him step away from the officiating Premier League matches, the use of VAR and what changes he would like to see in how the game is called.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Two Robby's podcast with me Robbie Musto and not Robbie Earl today.

0:18.6

This is a special podcast and I have today a special guest and that guest is Mark Clatenburg, the former Premier League referee.

0:26.5

Just a little bit of background information about Mark's career.

0:29.0

He began officiating in the Premier League in 2004, went on to officiate high-profile matches such as the 2016

0:35.4

Champions League final between Atlas-Ged Madrid and Real Madrid and the Euro-2016

0:40.1

final between France and Portugal. Officiated Premier League match in 2017, that was his last game to become the head of

0:47.5

refereeing of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation.

0:51.0

Well, welcoming Mark and well, I mean you got to the pinnacle of

0:56.1

refereeing and I remember watching games and analyzing games and talking about

1:00.7

games and I think it was pretty well known that you were the top guy and did a great

1:05.2

great job.

1:06.6

It was a shock to me and others that you ended up leaving the Premier League to go and take

1:10.4

this new position.

1:11.6

Give us a little insight into what the thought process.

1:14.4

When I thought you were, of course, at the peak

1:16.5

and doing a great job, why did you leave?

1:18.4

It was an easy decision, 100% easy decision.

1:21.6

The difficulty is, as you said earlier I started in 2004

1:25.9

therefore 14 years at the top in the Premier League was tough it It's mentally tough, it's physically tough,

1:35.0

and sometimes doing the same routine, same job, preparing the same.

1:41.0

But players do that.

1:43.0

I did that for 18 years.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NBC Sports Soccer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NBC Sports Soccer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.