England’s leading football referees and match officials have received a fitness boost thanks to Precision Training.

Precision Training, the UK’s brand leaders in the supply of specialist sports training aids, have signed an official partnership agreement with the Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO).

The PGMO are the governing body of elite referees and match officials in England and supply officials to all games in the FA Premier League, Football League and FA Cup.

Under the agreement to become official suppliers of specialist training aids, Precision Training will supply the PGMO and up to 70 officials with a wide range of their specialist equipment.

All the PGMO’s 19 elite referees and a further 50 officials will receive specialist training aids kits for personal home useage.

These fitness packs include speed ladder, resistance parachute, adjustable hurdles and training cones.

And the PGMO will also be using the aids for their fortnightly fitness group sessions with referees.

Keith Hackett, General Manager of the PGMO, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Precision Training.

“The fitness of our referees is now higher than it has ever been and Precision Training will help our sports science team maintain these standards.

“Personalised training aids kits for each official will be a major asset in helping our officials with the extensive home training programmes they have to undertake.”

David Sanderson, national sales manager of Reydon Sports who own the Precision Training brand, said: “We are extremely excited about our relationship with the PGMO.

“Our training aids are designed to benefit athletes across all sports and PGMO football referees are now some of the fittest sports people in the country.

“Statistics show that, on average, a referee in the Premiership covers more ground in a game than the vast majority of all the players.

“Adding the PGMO to our portfolio of professional partners reaffirms Precision Training’s philosophy of benefiting elite athletes from all sports as well as being used by literally thousands of people at grass roots level.”

Precision Training have formed a number of strategic sporting partnerships with leading sports governing bodies and clubs throughout the UK.

They are official kit suppliers to the world’s oldest football club Notts County, and are also official suppliers of specialist training aids to Nottinghamshire CCC, Preston North End FC, Leicester City FC and national ladies hockey champions Leicester.

Official brand ambassador for Precision Training is the former England national football manager Graham Taylor.