Keith Stroud (referee)
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| Keith Stroud | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Keith P Stroud | |
| Date of birth | August 12, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Gillingham, Dorset, England | |
| Domestic | ||
| Years | League | Role |
| ? - ? ? -2004 2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-2007 2007- |
Wessex League Football Conference South Football League Premier League Football League Premier League |
Referee Referee Asst. referee Asst. referee Referee Referee |
| International | ||
| 2004-2007 | FIFA listed | Asst. referee |
Keith P. Stroud[1] (born August 12, 1969[2]) is an English football referee, who officiates in the FA Premier League. He comes from Gillingham, Dorset.[3]
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[edit] Career
He first took up refereeing in 1988. He progressed via the Wessex League,[3] becoming a National List assistant referee in the year 2000, and a Select Group assistant referee in 2002.[2] Also in 2002, he was an assistant referee for the old Division Three play-off final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Cheltenham and Rushden & Diamonds.[4]
Stroud was appointed as one of the assistant referees to Graham Barber during the FA Cup Final 2003, when Arsenal defeated Southampton by 1-0, again at the Millennium Stadium, on May 17, 2003.[5]
He was promoted from the Football Conference to the National List of referees in 2004, and became a FIFA assistant referee in the same year.[2] His first Football League match in control was the League Two encounter between Cheltenham Town and Scunthorpe United at Whaddon Road on August 10, 2004, which finished as a 2-0 away win.[6] Also in that year, he was in charge of the Football Conference play-off final, once more at the Millennium Stadium, which saw Shrewsbury beat Aldershot 3-0 on penalties, following a 0-0 scoreline after extra time.[7]
He handled a League One play-off semi-final first leg in 2006,[8] and a League Two play-off semi-final first leg in 2007.[9]
In season 2006-07, he was 'trialled' for the Premier League, being given the match on March 17, 2007 between Middlesbrough and Manchester City at the Riverside Stadium, which City won 2-0. Stroud cautioned three players.[10]
On July 26, 2007, a Press release from the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, which employs Premier League referees full-time, stated that he had been included in the Select Group of 19 referees for season 2007-08.[11] At the same time, he stepped down from the FIFA list of assistant referees.
He is also currently the Referees' Development Manager for the Hampshire Football Association, being an associate member although living in Dorset.[12]
[edit] Career statistics
| Season | Games | Total  |
per game |
Total  |
per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/2004 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 2 | 0.25 |
| 2004/2005 | 30 | 113 | 3.77 | 1 | 0.03 |
| 2005/2006 | 39 | 139 | 3.56 | 9 | 0.23 |
| 2006/2007 | 38 | 96 | 2.52 | 3 | 0.08 |
| 2007/2008 | 34 | 111 | 3.26 | 6 | 0.17 |
[edit] References
- ^ Middle initial: the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ a b c Profile: the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ a b Confirming his place of residence, and his having officiated in the Wessex League: archived report from the HampshireChronicle.co.uk website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Division Three play-off final, 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ 2003 FA Cup Final (assistant referee): TheFA.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ First ever League match: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Shrewsbury v. Aldershot, Football Conference play-off final, 2004: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ League One play-off semi-final first leg, 2006: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ League Two play-off semi-final first leg, 2007: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Premier League 'trial', Middlesbrough v. Manchester City, 2007: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Promotion to the Select Group: PGMOL Press release (HTML cached version of a PDF document). Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Confirming his position as Referees' Development Manager for Hampshire FA: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
