Post by Macmoish on Dec 4, 2013 9:32:52 GMT
Ref for Saturday's game vs Blackburn is DARREN DRYSDALE
Update, Courtesy of
His stats this season: 7 Reds and 49 Yellows in 15 games
UPDATE: 7 Reds and 55 Yellows in 16 games
Last season gave out 6 Reds and 105 Yellows in 36 games
www.soccerbase.com/referees/referee.sd?referee_id=948
His Wikipedia profile
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Drysdale
Darren Drysdale (born 18 February 1971, Lincolnshire[1]) is an English football referee who officiates in the Football League, and is a sergeant in the RAF at Waddington.[citation needed]
Career
He has been refereeing since 1988, officiating in the Northern Alliance and Northern Premier League. He became an assistant referee for the Football League in 1996, and in 1997 progressed to Conference North referee.[1]
He was appointed as an assistant referee for the Premier League in 1998.[1]
Darren was given the honour of being an assistant referee to Graham Poll in the 2000 FA Cup Final,[2] and became a FIFA assistant referee in the same year.[1]
In 2002, he became a UEFA assistant referee, one of only 3 from the UK at the time.[1]
He was appointed to the (Football League) National List of referees in 2004.[1] Also in 2004, on 6 March, he was named Combined Services Sports Official of the Year, due to his work for sport within the RAF. He had been posted to the Middle East at this time, so his parents travelled to London to receive the award from the Princess Royal on his behalf.[citation needed]
His first Football League game was a 0-0 draw between Rushden & Diamonds and Kidderminster Harriers on 7 August 2004.[3] His first game at Championship level was the 2-0 home win for Leicester City against Gillingham on 22 January 2005.[4]
He attracted some media attention in 2007 after Bradford City's Dean Windass received a five match ban for swearing at him in the car park after a home game against Brentford on 2 January.[5]
In 2010 Drysdale linked up with high-street clothing chain Superdry to launch Superdrysdale, a new sports clothing range with the strapline "For Officials with Style". Drysdale hoped to strike a deal to have the clothing worn by match officials across the English Football League but the FA declined on the basis "We do our best to ensure referees are not the focus of football matches. We feel some of the garish colouring would affect this policy."
References
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Birthdate and profile: the Football League official website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ Appointed to 2000 FA Cup Final, assistant referee: from an article at the BBC News website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ First ever Football League game in charge: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ First Championship match as referee: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ "Car park rage...": the Dean Windass ban for verbal abuse, 2007: Sky Sports website report. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Update, Courtesy of
His stats this season: 7 Reds and 49 Yellows in 15 games
UPDATE: 7 Reds and 55 Yellows in 16 games
Last season gave out 6 Reds and 105 Yellows in 36 games
www.soccerbase.com/referees/referee.sd?referee_id=948
His Wikipedia profile
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Drysdale
Darren Drysdale (born 18 February 1971, Lincolnshire[1]) is an English football referee who officiates in the Football League, and is a sergeant in the RAF at Waddington.[citation needed]
Career
He has been refereeing since 1988, officiating in the Northern Alliance and Northern Premier League. He became an assistant referee for the Football League in 1996, and in 1997 progressed to Conference North referee.[1]
He was appointed as an assistant referee for the Premier League in 1998.[1]
Darren was given the honour of being an assistant referee to Graham Poll in the 2000 FA Cup Final,[2] and became a FIFA assistant referee in the same year.[1]
In 2002, he became a UEFA assistant referee, one of only 3 from the UK at the time.[1]
He was appointed to the (Football League) National List of referees in 2004.[1] Also in 2004, on 6 March, he was named Combined Services Sports Official of the Year, due to his work for sport within the RAF. He had been posted to the Middle East at this time, so his parents travelled to London to receive the award from the Princess Royal on his behalf.[citation needed]
His first Football League game was a 0-0 draw between Rushden & Diamonds and Kidderminster Harriers on 7 August 2004.[3] His first game at Championship level was the 2-0 home win for Leicester City against Gillingham on 22 January 2005.[4]
He attracted some media attention in 2007 after Bradford City's Dean Windass received a five match ban for swearing at him in the car park after a home game against Brentford on 2 January.[5]
In 2010 Drysdale linked up with high-street clothing chain Superdry to launch Superdrysdale, a new sports clothing range with the strapline "For Officials with Style". Drysdale hoped to strike a deal to have the clothing worn by match officials across the English Football League but the FA declined on the basis "We do our best to ensure referees are not the focus of football matches. We feel some of the garish colouring would affect this policy."
References
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Birthdate and profile: the Football League official website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ Appointed to 2000 FA Cup Final, assistant referee: from an article at the BBC News website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ First ever Football League game in charge: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ First Championship match as referee: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
Jump up ^ "Car park rage...": the Dean Windass ban for verbal abuse, 2007: Sky Sports website report. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
