Peter Walton (referee)

infobox football official


name = Peter Walton
fullname = Peter Walton
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1959|10|10
cityofbirth = Long Buckby, Northants
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
otheroccupation =
years = 1993-1994
1994-1998
1998-2003
2003-
league = Football League
Premier League
Football League
Premier League
role = Assistant referee
Assistant referee
Referee
Referee
internationalyears = 1996-1998
confederation = FIFA listed
internationalrole = 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 [ [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0,,10794~628215,00.html Birthdate and biographical details] : The Football League Official website.] , and is based in Long Buckby [ [http://www.pink-un.com/Content/ncfc/statattack/2000-01/matches/asp/001216Grimsby.asp Home town] reference example: "The Pink-Un" online.] , Northants, for whom he played his football. [ [http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:JfwwiEXt2uAJ:stneotsfc.net/news/UCL_03August.pdf+%22peter+walton%22+%22rothwell+town%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk Playing career] reference: "UCL Newsletter 168 August 2003".] His interests are listed as current affairs and golf. [ [http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enRefereesProfile&id=374253&type=com.fapl.website.stories.SimpleStories&categoryCode=Referees Hobbies and interests] , plus further biography: Premier League Official website.]

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 Eric 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. [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1996/round=227/match=52506/index.html Details] of Germany v. Czech Republic: UEFA.com website.]

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". [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981027/ai_n14184553 Reported] comment by Joe Kinnear: Independent.co.uk through "FindArticles.com" website.] 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. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=387629 Match details] : LDV Vans Trophy at soccerbase.com website.] He also refereed an (old) First Division play-off semi-final second leg [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=390219 Sheff. Utd. v. Nottm. Forest] , 2003 (old) First Division play-off semi-final second leg.] and an (old) Division Three play-off semi-final first leg [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=390075 Lincoln v. Scunthorpe] , 2003 (old) Division Three play-off semi-final first leg.] 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. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=404869 First ever] Premier League match: soccerbase.com website.]

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. [ [http://www.conmebol.com/comunicados_ver.jsp?id=60211&slangab=E Ecuador] trip with Ray Olivier: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol website.] 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." [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/InternationalRelations/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/01/OlivierWalton.htm Ecuador] trip with Ray Olivier: TheFA.com website.]

Walton is also the referees' representative within Prospect, the trades union which began speaking for Premier League referees as from February 2007. [ [http://www.prospect.org.uk/news/newsstory.php?news=403 Union representative] : Prospect.org.uk website.]

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. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4680522.stm Confusion] at the BBC: Peter or Paul? Example misnomer from a BBC.co.uk website report.]

On October 20 2007, the Match of the Day caption writer once again mistook Peter for Paul.

Peter Walton refereed the FA Community Shield between Manchester United and Portsmouth on Sunday 10th August 2008

Career statistics

ee also

*List of football referees

References

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=243 Peter Walton Referee Statistics] at soccerbase.com