Paul Alcock

Paul Alcock
Full namePaul E. Alcock
Born27 October 1953
Redhill, Surrey, England
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
1982–1988Football LeagueAsst. referee
1988–1995Football LeagueReferee
1995–2000Premier LeagueReferee
2000–2002Football LeagueReferee
International
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Paul E. Alcock (born 27 October 1953[1]) is a retired English 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, Kent.

Career

Alcock 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 23 August 1995.[2]

On 26 September 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 of 11 matches for his actions.[3] Alcock continued refereeing Premier League matches without pause, although he was dropped from the league's list two years later, his final match in that competition being the 0–0 draw between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on 7 May 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 21 April 2002.[5]

Alcock is currently manager of the Mall shopping centre in Maidstone.[6]

References

Print

  • Football League Handbooks, 1982–1988
  • Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1988–2002

Internet

  1. ↑ Birthdate confirmation: zerozero.eu website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
  2. ↑ First Premiership match, 1995: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
  3. ↑ Paulo Di Canio incident, Sheffield Wednesday v. Arsenal match: BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
  4. ↑ Final Premiership match, 2000: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
  5. ↑ Last ever top-class match before retirement in 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
  6. ↑ Manager of shopping centre

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