Mark Halsey

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Mark Halsey
Personal information
Full name Mark R Halsey
Date of birth July 8, 1961 (1961-07-08) (age 46)
Place of birth    Hertfordshire, England
Domestic
Years League Role
mid 1990s-1999
1999-		 Football League
Premier League		 Referee
Referee
International
2000- FIFA listed Referee

Mark R. Halsey (born July 8, 1961[1]) is an English football referee in the FA Premier League. He was formerly based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, latterly in Bolton, Lancashire.[2]

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[edit] Career

Mark Halsey, a native of Hertfordshire, spent 12 years playing non-league football before he started refereeing in 1989. In December 1984 he played one game for Barnet before joining St Albans City and in the early 1990s Halsey would train with Barnet in Potters Bar to keep himself prepared for the rigours of officiating top flight games.[citation needed]

Halsey has been a National List referee for the Football League since the mid-1990s.[2] He refereed the 1999 Football League One Play-off Final between Gillingham and Manchester City at Wembley on May 30, 1999, when City won 3-1 on penalties, the match finishing 2-2 after extra time.[3]

Also in that year, he was promoted to Premier League referee, his first match in this competition being the 1-1 draw between Wimbledon and Coventry City on August 14, 1999.[4]

In 2000, he was added to the FIFA List of referees, officiating in the Toulon Under-21 tournament in the same year. In 2001 he was a referee for the football tournament at the World Student Games in Beijing, and in 2002 at the FIFA World Disabled Championships, held in Japan.[5]

Also in 2002, he was appointed as fourth official to Mike Riley for the FA Cup Final on May 4, 2002 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, where Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-0, the goals coming from Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljungberg.[6]

In 2004, he took control of his first major FIFA appointment, the match between Belgium and France.[5][7]

[edit] FA Community Shield; 2007

5 August 2007 Chelsea
0
1 – 1
penalties
(AET)		 Manchester United
3		 Wembley, London
Attendance: 80,731
Malouda Scored after 45 minutes 45'
Ben Haim Booked after 33 minutes 33'
Carvalho Booked after 63 minutes 63'
Obi Mikel Booked after 90+1 minutes 90+1'		 Giggs Scored after 35 minutes 35'
Rooney Booked after 45+3 minutes 45+3'

[edit] Carling Cup Final; 2008

February 24, 2008 Chelsea
1 – 2
(AET)		 Tottenham Hotspur Wembley, London
Attendance: 87,660
Drogba Scored after 39 minutes 39'
Obi Booked after 96 minutes 96'
Carvalho Booked after 104 minutes 104'		 Berbatov Scored after 70 minutes 70' (pen)
Woodgate Scored after 94 minutes 94'
Zokora Booked after 38 minutes 38'
Tainio Booked after 116 minutes 116'
Lennon Booked after 120 minutes 120'
Jenas Booked after 120 minutes 120'

The only incident of note which Halsey was required to act upon was the guidance given by assistant referee Martin Yerby, which led to the Tottenham penalty kick, awarded in the 70th minute when Chelsea's Wayne Bridge handled the ball, and which cancelled out their first half goal by Didier Drogba.[8]

Some Chelsea players and staff were also unhappy with the timing of the full time whistle. The fourth official showed three minutes of injury time to be played, and Halsey blew the whistle just as Salomon Kalou was entering the Spurs penalty area with the ball.[9] However, Law 5 of the Laws of the Game indicates that the referee may blow his whistle at any time, and he therefore does not have to wait for an attack to finish.[10] Kalou hit the post with his shot and the game was over.

[edit] Career statistics

Season Games Total Booked Booked per game Total Sent off Sent off per game
1997/1998 42 161 3.83 5 0.11
1998/1999 46 111 2.41 2 0.04
1999/2000 38 96 2.52 8 0.21
2000/2001 33 101 3.06 10 0.30
2001/2002 37 118 3.18 7 0.18
2002/2003 34 75 2.20 6 0.17
2003/2004 41 81 1.97 5 0.12
2004/2005 32 60 1.87 2 0.06
2005/2006 38 54 1.42 6 0.15
2006/2007 42 103 2.45 9 0.21
2007/2008 41 86 2.09 5 0.12

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Birthdate confirmation: zerozero.pt website.
  2. ^ a b Places of residence and Football League list mentions: Newcastle-Online.com website.
  3. ^ 1999 Championship Play-off Final: soccerbase.com website.
  4. ^ First ever Premier League appointment: soccerbase.com website.
  5. ^ a b Profile: YNWA website.
  6. ^ 2002 FA Cup Final match report: CNNSI.com website.
  7. ^ Belgium v. France, 2004: FootballUnited website.
  8. ^ Carling Cup Final, penalty awarded to Tottenham: match report from the Daily Record website. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
  9. ^ Criticism from Peter Cech about when Halsey ended the game: Eurosport website. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
  10. ^ "Law 5 - The Referee" (including timekeeping powers): TheFA.com website. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Martin Atkinson		 FA Community Shield
2007		 Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by
Howard Webb		 Carling Cup Final
2008		 Succeeded by
TBA