Twitter abuse aimed at referee Mark Halsey condemned as 'beneath contempt' Halsey returned to refereeing in March 2010, and is due to officiate the Capital One Cup third-round meeting between Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night. PGMOL, which provides referees to the Premier League, also issued a statement deploring the actions of the small minority of abusive Twitter users. "PGMOL abhors any abuse of match officials whether that is in stadia or outside of it," it said. Our main concern is towards Mark and his family, and as with all match officials, there is a backroom team who are there for them. This includes a sports psychologist, who has worked extensively with the Select Group including Mark over the past few years. Mark has already benefited from the support of all of his Select Group colleagues and they will continue to back him this week. None of the Select Group match officials are on social media. Halsey showed a red card to Shelvey for a challenge on Jonny Evans but both managers had different views on the decision. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson thought "it was a clear red card" while Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers said: "Jonjo Shelvey, if he gets sent off, then Jonny Evans has to go as well. I think both players' feet are off the floor.