Paul Alcock

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Paul Alcock

Full name	Paul E Alcock
Date of birth	October 27, 1953 (1953-10-27) (age 54)
Place of birth	Redhill, Surrey, England
Domestic
Years	League	Role
1982–1988 1988–1995 1995–2002	Football League Football League Premier League	Asst. referee Referee Referee
International
–	–	–

Paul E. Alcock (born October 27, 1953^[1]) is an English former football referee, who operated in the English Football League and Premier League. He was based originally in the Redhill area before later moving to Halstead in Kent.

1 Career
2 References
- 2.1 Print
- 2.2 Internet
3 External links

[edit] Career

He became a Football League linesman in 1982 at the age of twenty eight. He then spent six years at this level before progressing to full referee status. He did not make the Premier League in its early years, but he did join its list in 1995.

His first appointment to this competition was the 2–1 home win by Coventry City over Manchester City at Highfield Road on August 23, 1995.^[2]

On September 26, 1998 came the incident for which his career is still most remembered. In a match between Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal at Hillsborough, he was pushed over by home team striker Paolo Di Canio after having issued the player with a red card. Di Canio was given an extended ban for his actions.^[3] Alcock continued refereeing Premiership matches without pause, although he was dropped from the Premier League list two years later, his final match in that competition being the 0–0 draw between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on May 7, 2000.^[4] He returned to refereeing in the Football League, where he spent his final two seasons, retiring after the Norwich City versus Stockport County match in Division One on April 21, 2002.^[5]