| Peter Walton | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Peter Walton | |
| Date of birth | October 10 1959 | |
| Place of birth | Long Buckby, Northants, England | |
| Domestic | ||
| Years | League | Role |
| 1993-1994 1994-1998 1998-2003 2003- |
Football League Premier League Football League Premier League |
Assistant referee Assistant referee Referee Referee |
| International | ||
| 1996-1998 | FIFA listed | Assistant referee |
Peter Walton is an English football referee for the FA Premier League, and former player in the United Counties League. He was born on 10 October 1959[1], and is based in Long Buckby[2], Northants, for whom he played his football.[3] His interests are listed as current affairs and golf.[4]
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Career
He began refereeing in 1986, in local leagues. He was appointed to the assistant referees' lists of the Football League in 1993, and the Premier League in 1994. In 1996 he was an assistant referee for the FA Cup Final at Wembley on 11 May, when Manchester United defeated Liverpool with a late Éric Cantona goal. In the same year he became a FIFA assistant referee, officiating in that capacity during Euro '96 in England, notably in the group match on 9 June between Germany and the Czech Republic at Old Trafford, which Germany won 2-0.[5] Walton was promoted to the Football League List of referees in 1998, despite a reported comment from the former Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear that he was "too thick to become a referee".[6] At this point, he also stepped down from the FIFA assistant referees' list. In 2003 he was added to the Select Group of referees, and was man-in-the-middle for the Football League (LDV Vans) Trophy Final between Bristol City and Carlisle United on 6 April, the 'Robins' triumphing 2-0.[7] He also refereed an (old) First Division play-off semi-final second leg[8] and an (old) Division Three play-off semi-final first leg[9] at the end of season 2002-03. His first ever Premiership match in charge was the 4-3 home win by Wolverhampton Wanderers over Leicester City at Molineux on 25 October 2003.[10] At the end of January 2007, Walton accompanied Regional Referees' Manager Ray Olivier (a Football League referee himself) to Guayaquil, Ecuador, in order to carry out an "Advanced Course for Referees' Instructors" on behalf of the FA and Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol.[11] Olivier is quoted as saying: "It is also a great fillip to have someone of Peter’s calibre as part of the team and his experience of refereeing in the Premiership is invaluable to those referees taking part in this workshop."[12] Walton is also the referees' representative within Prospect, the trades union which began speaking for Premier League referees as from February 2007.[13] For most of the 2006-07 season, the caption writer on BBC's "Match of the Day" football programme had introduced Peter Walton as "Referee - Paul Walton" - a glaring error. He finally corrected the information for the 28 April 2007 edition.[14] On October 20 2007, the Match of the Day caption writer once again mistook Peter for Paul.[14]
Career statistics
| Season | Games | Total  |
per game |
Total  |
per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998/1999 | 32 | 99 | 3.09 | 8 | 0.25 |
| 1999/2000 | 31 | 86 | 2.77 | 4 | 0.13 |
| 2000/2001 | 37 | 102 | 2.76 | 7 | 0.19 |
| 2001/2002 | 35 | 113 | 3.23 | 13 | 0.37 |
| 2002/2003 | 45 | 129 | 2.87 | 8 | 0.18 |
| 2003/2004 | 31 | 64 | 2.06 | 4 | 0.13 |
| 2004/2005 | 31 | 87 | 2.81 | 2 | 0.06 |
| 2005/2006 | 42 | 126 | 3.00 | 6 | 0.14 |
| 2006/2007 | 40 | 128 | 3.20 | 4 | 0.10 |
| 2007/2008 | 22 | 68 | 3.09 | 2 | 0.09 |
See also
References
- ^ Birthdate and biographical details: The Football League Official website.
- ^ Home town reference example: The Pink-Un online.
- ^ Playing career reference: UCL Newsletter 168 August 2003.
- ^ Hobbies and interests, plus further biography: Premier League Official website.
- ^ Details of Germany v. Czech Republic: UEFA.com website.
- ^ Reported comment by Joe Kinnear: Independent.co.uk through FindArticles.com website.
- ^ Match details: LDV Vans Trophy at soccerbase.com website.
- ^ Sheff. Utd. v. Nottm. Forest, 2003 (old) First Division play-off semi-final second leg.
- ^ Lincoln v. Scunthorpe, 2003 (old) Division Three play-off semi-final first leg.
- ^ First ever Premier League match: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ Ecuador trip with Ray Olivier: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol website.
- ^ Ecuador trip with Ray Olivier: TheFA.com website.
- ^ Union representative: Prospect.org.uk website.
- ^ a b Confusion at the BBC: Peter or Paul? Example misnomer from a BBC.co.uk website report.
