Chris Foy (referee)

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Chris Foy
Personal information
Full name Christopher J Foy
Date of birth November 20, 1962 (1962-11-20) (age 45)
Place of birth    St Helens, Merseyside, England
Domestic
Years League Role
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–2001
2001–		 Football League
Premier League
Football League
Premier League		 Asst. referee
Asst. referee
Referee
Referee
International
2002–2007 UEFA Fourth official

Christopher J. Foy (born 20 November 1962[1]) is an English football referee. He comes from St Helens, Merseyside.[2]

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[edit] Career

Foy first started refereeing in 1983. In 1994 he was promoted to the Football League List of assistant referees, and progressed to the Premier League assistant referees' List in 1995.[1]

He made the step up to the Football League as a referee in 1996, and became a Premiership referee in 2001,[1] Earlier that year, he was appointed fourth official for the FA Trophy Final at Villa Park on May 12, 2001, when Canvey Island defeated Forest Green Rovers by 1 goal to nil.[3][4]

He was fourth official during the International friendly match when England lost 2-1 to Italy at Elland Road, Leeds, on March 27, 2002.[5]

He was fourth official again at the Millennium Stadium on May 21, 2006 for the Championship play-off between Leeds United and Watford. The Hertfordshire side ran out 3-0 winners.[6]

Nine days later he was fourth official yet again when England played Hungary at Old Trafford, England winning 3-1.[7] Foy subsequently retired from international activities at the complusory age of 45 in 2007.

Also in 2007, he was selected to referee the FA Trophy final at Wembley between Stevenage Borough and Kidderminster Harriers on May 12, 2007. The match was won 3-2 by Stevenage, with 4 yellow cards being shown.[8]

On February 3, 2008, Foy removed the Fulham mascot, Billy the Badger, from the playing area for breakdancing on it during their 2-1 home win over Aston Villa.[9]

In April 2008, Foy was chosen to carry out fourth official duties at the 2008 FA Cup Final between Portsmouth and Cardiff City at Wembley on May 17, 2008, with Mike Dean as referee.[10]

Foy has been actively involved in the Don't X The Line[11] campaign to eradicate abusive or aggressive behaviour from players and spectators at junior and youth matches.[12]

As an Everton fan,[13] Foy does not referee games involving the club, apart from friendlies,[14] and one Premiership match away to Aston Villa in 2002 before he had declared his interest.[15]

[edit] Career statistics

Season Games Total Booked Booked per game Total Sent off Sent off per game
1997/1998 41 106 2.59 6 0.15
1998/1999 40 91 2.28 4 0.10
1999/2000 34 101 2.97 7 0.21
2000/2001 34 116 3.41 8 0.24
2001/2002 30 100 3.34 9 0.30
2002/2003 18 78 4.34 5 0.28
2003/2004 23 68 2.96 4 0.17
2004/2005 28 53 1.89 1 0.04
2005/2006 43 103 2.40 10 0.23
2006/2007 41 111 2.71 7 0.17
2007/2008 34 99 2.91 6 0.17

(There are no available records prior to 1997/1998)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Birthdate confirmation at the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  2. ^ Confirmation of place of residence: Newcastle-Online.com website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  3. ^ FA Trophy Final 2001 result: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on March 27, 2008.
  4. ^ FA Trophy Final 2001 report: report from The Independent, through the FindArticles service. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  5. ^ Fourth official, England v. Italy, 2002: EnglandFootballOnline website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  6. ^ Championship Play-off result: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  7. ^ Fourth official, England v. Hungary, 2006: EnglandFootballOnline website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  8. ^ FA Trophy Final result: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  9. ^ "Billy's put the BAD in badger": The Sun website, February 5, 2008. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  10. ^ FA Cup Final 2008, fourth official: TheFA.com official website. Retrieved on April 8, 2008.
  11. ^ "Don't X The Line" campaign objectives. Retrieved on March 27, 2008.
  12. ^ "Respect is due in football": article, BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  13. ^ Everton fan: Toffeeweb.com website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  14. ^ Friendly match involving Everton, his favourite team, 2007: BlueKipper.com website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.
  15. ^ Refereeing his own team v. Aston Villa, Premier League, 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 26, 2008.

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Preceded by
Howard Webb		 FA Trophy Final
2007		 Succeeded by
Martin Atkinson
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