In this episode of Football Stories Jim talks to former Premier League referee Mark Halsey who gives a real insight into what life is like as the man in the middle!

Mark talks openly about his life behind the whistle, what he'd change about modern day officiating and the personal abuse he suffered at the hands of trolls.

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