Mark Clattenburg

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Mark Clattenburg
Personal information
Full name Mark Clattenburg
Date of birth March 13, 1975 (1975-03-13) (age 33)
Place of birth    Consett, County Durham, England
Other occupation    Qualified electrician
Domestic
Years League Role
1993-1994
1994-1999
1999-2000
1999-2000
2000-2004
2004-		 Northern League
Northern League
Football Conference
Football League
Football League
Premier League		 Asst. referee
Referee
Referee
Asst. referee
Referee
Referee
International
2006- FIFA listed Referee

Mark Clattenburg (born March 13, 1975[1] in Consett, County Durham[2]) is an English football referee, who operates in the Football League and the Premier League, and for FIFA. He is based in Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He trained as an electrician and is of part-Canadian ancestry.[3]

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[edit] Career

He took up refereeing in 1990 as part of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme,[4] and became an assistant referee in the Northern League at the age of 18. A year later he was refereeing in that league. He became both a Football Conference referee and a Football League assistant referee in the year 1999,[4] but was rapidly promoted to the National List of Football League referees in the year 2000.[1] He had served only one year as an assistant - a record shared with Steve Baines - but his promise led to quicker promotion. His debut Football League match (at the age of just 25 - a one-time post-war record) was between Chesterfield and York City on August 12, 2000, and Chesterfield ran out 4-1 winners.[5] Clattenburg was then fourth official for the 2001-02 Division Three Play-off Final[1] and the 2002-03 FA Trophy Final.[6]

Also in the 2002-03 season, he was chosen to referee two play-off semi-finals - the Division One first-leg 1-1 draw between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield United at the City Ground on May 10, 2003,[7] and the Division Two second leg home win by QPR over Oldham at Loftus Road on May 14, 2003, which put Rangers through to the Final.[8]

On May 15, 2004, he was man-in-the-middle for the Division One play-off semi-final first leg between Ipswich and West Ham at Portman Road, which finished 1-0 to the home side, courtesy of a Darren Bent goal after 57 minutes.[9] He followed this with his appointment at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on May 31, 2004 for the Division Three play-off final contested by Mansfield Town and Huddersfield, which required a penalty shoot-out when the match finished 0-0 after extra time. Huddersfield won this by 4 penalties to 1.[10] Also in 2004, he became a Select Group referee in the Premier League,[1] and his first match at this level was the 3-1 away win by Everton against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on August 21, 2004.

He became a FIFA referee in 2006, at the age of only thirty, reaching this distinction earlier than any English referee in living memory.[11] He was then the referee for Alan Shearer's testimonial match on May 11, 2006. He is a Newcastle United fan,[12] and he is therefore not allowed to referee competitive games involving Newcastle.[2] On September 9, 2006, he took charge of a qualifying match for the 2007 European UEFA Under-16 Championship at the Gradski Stadium, Skopje, between FYR Macedonia and Denmark, the away side winning 3-0.[13]

Clattenburg was appointed to control both legs of the 2006-07 FA Youth Cup Final, contested by Liverpool and Manchester United, firstly at Anfield on April 16, 2007, which finished 1-2 in favour of United, and then at Old Trafford on April 26, 2007 (0-1 to Liverpool). The aggregate scores being tied, Liverpool triumphed 4-3 in the penalty shoot-out which followed a goalless 30 minutes of extra time.[14][15]

During the local derby match between Everton and Liverpool on October 20, 2007, he made a number of controversial decisions including declining Everton's appeals for a penalty in the third minute of added time, with the score at 1-2, when Jamie Carragher appeared to hold back Everton's Joleon Lescott in the Liverpool six yard box.[16]

[edit] Career statistics

Season Games Total Booked Booked per game Total Sent off Sent off per game
2000/2001 24 67 2.79 4 0.17
2001/2002 33 103 3.12 6 0.18
2002/2003 35 135 3.86 8 0.23
2003/2004 34 104 3.06 2 0.06
2004/2005 28 83 2.96 5 0.18
2005/2006 24 81 3.38 4 0.17
2006/2007 42 166 3.95 3 0.07
2007/2008 34 114 3.35 10 0.29

[edit] Life outside football

Clattenburg went to Cramlington High School, and was chosen to play football for them, as well as South Northumberland.[4] He is divorced from his wife, Helen, with whom he lived in Chester-le-Street, and they had one son during the marriage. He subsequently moved to Gosforth.[17]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Profile: the Football League Official website.
  2. ^ a b Interview, page 2: icNewcastle.co.uk website.
  3. ^ Interview, page 1: icNewcastle.co.uk website.
  4. ^ a b c Interview, page 4: icNewcastle.co.uk website.
  5. ^ Clattenburg's First League Match: at soccerbase.com
  6. ^ FA Trophy Final 2003, fourth official: TheFA.com Official website.
  7. ^ Nottm Forest v. Sheffield Utd, 2003 Division One play-off semi-final first leg: soccerbase.com website.
  8. ^ QPR v. Oldham, 2003 Division Two play-off semi-final second leg: soccerbase.com website.
  9. ^ Ipswich v. West Ham, 2004 Division One play-off semi-final first leg: soccerbase.com website.
  10. ^ Mansfield v. Huddersfield, 2004 Division Three play-off final: soccerbase.com website.
  11. ^ Interview: Guardian Unlimited website.
  12. ^ Alan Shearer Testimonial: report from the NUFC.com website.
  13. ^ European Under-16 Championship qualifying match, FYR Macedonia v. Denmark, 2006: PDF file at UEFA.com Official website.
  14. ^ Mention of appointments to control FA Youth Cup Final legs: Essex FA website.
  15. ^ Second leg of the FA Youth Cup Final: match report at TheFA.com Official website.
  16. ^ Everton v. Liverpool 2007, "controversy": report at the Eurosport website.
  17. ^ Interview, page 3: icNewcastle.co.uk website.

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