Martin Atkinson
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Martin Atkinson | |
| Date of birth | March 31, 1971 | |
| Place of birth | Yorkshire, England | |
| Domestic | ||
| Years | League | Role |
| 1998–2000 2000–2003 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005– |
Football League Premier League Football Conference Football League Premier League |
Assistant referee Assistant referee Referee Referee Referee |
| International | ||
| 2006– | FIFA listed | Referee |
Martin Atkinson (born March 31, 1971) is an English football referee who officiates in the FA Premier League and for FIFA. He is now based in Leeds, Yorkshire.[1]
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[edit] Career
He started his career at the relatively early age of 16 years old. By 1998, he had been promoted to the Football League's list of assistant referees.
This was followed in the year 2000 by elevation to the 'select group' of assistant referees. By December 2002 he was refereeing Football Conference matches,[2] and was then appointed to control the 2003 FA County Youth Cup Final at Haig Avenue, Southport, where Northumberland defeated Liverpool 1–0, the only goal being scored by David Hope after 56 minutes.[3]
At the start of the 2003/2004 season, he joined the National List of Referees. He had the distinction of not having to dismiss any player from the field of play between August 2004 and October 2005.
Only two years after his Conference debut, he was appointed to his first Premiership game as 'man-in-the-middle', taking charge of the Manchester City versus Birmingham City tie on 20 April 2005, cautioning only one player and awarding the home side a penalty kick in a 3–0 result.[4][5]
[edit] FA Community Shield 2006
| August 13, 2006 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Chelsea | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 56,275 |
Riise  9'Crouch 80'Alonso  |
Shevchenko 43' Ballack Diarra Lampard |
On August 13, 2006 he took charge of the FA Community Shield match at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Liverpool and Chelsea, the 'Reds' winning by 2–1,[6] and in the same year he was appointed to the list of FIFA referees.[7]
On August 21, 2007, The Sun newspaper alleged that Atkinson had been withdrawn from the list of referees after failing the prescribed fitness tests. These tests are re-taken after one month.[8]
However, despite this, he did officiate in the 1–0 Premier League win by Manchester United over Sunderland on September 1, 2007.[9]
[edit] FA Trophy Final 2008
Martin Atkinson was appointed to referee the FA Trophy Final 2008, which is to be played at Wembley on May 10, 2008, and is to be contested betwen Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United.[10]
[edit] Statistical facts
| 9 January 2007 | Liverpool | 3–6 | Arsenal | Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 42,614 |
| Fowler 33' Gerrard 68'Hyypiä 80' |
Aliadiere 27' Julio Baptista 40' 45' 60' 84'Song Billong 45'Song Billong |
The most goals that have been scored in a game officiated by Mr Atkinson are nine. This was in the League Cup match between Liverpool and Arsenal, on January 9, 2007. Five of the nine goals were scored before half time. It was the first time Liverpool had conceded six goals at home in 77 years, and the first time that a single player had scored four goals against them at Anfield for over sixty seasons.[11]
[edit] Career statistics
| Season | Games | Total |
per game |
Total  |
per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/2004 | 26 | 61 | 2.34 | 3 | 0.11 |
| 2004/2005 | 38 | 87 | 2.28 | 3 | 0.07 |
| 2005/2006 | 38 | 78 | 2.05 | 2 | 0.05 |
| 2006/2007 | 42 | 128 | 3.04 | 6 | 0.14 |
| 2007/2008 | 38 | 96 | 2.52 | 6 | 0.15 |
[edit] References
- ^ Profile: the Football League official website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ Football Conference referee, 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ FA Youth Cup Final 2003: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ "Fulhamweb" Profile of Martin Atkinson. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ Man.City v. Birmingham Fixture Details: RateTheRef website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ FA Community Shield 2006, Liverpool v. Chelsea: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ Appointment as FIFA referee, 2006: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ Failed fitness tests, report from August 2007: The Sun online. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ Despite the tests, he refereed on: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ FA Trophy Final 2008, Ebbsfleet v. Torquay, referee: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
- ^ Liverpool 3-6 Arsenal: BBC.co.uk news article. Retrieved on April 16, 2008.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Howard Webb |
FA Community Shield 2006 |
Succeeded by Mark Halsey |
| Preceded by Chris Foy |
FA Trophy Final 2008 |
Succeeded by TBA |
