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| Mark Halsey, a native of Hertfordshire, spent 12 years playing non-league football before he started refereeing in 1989. In December 1984 he played one game for ] before joining ] and in the early 1990s Halsey would train with Barnet in Potters Bar to keep himself prepared for the rigours of officiating top flight games.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} | Mark Halsey, a native of Hertfordshire, spent 12 years playing non-league football with teams such as ] and ] before he started refereeing in 1989. In December 1984 he played one game for ] before joining ] and in the early 1990s Halsey would train with Barnet in Potters Bar to keep himself prepared for the rigours of officiating top flight games.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} | ||
| Halsey has been a National List referee for ] since the mid-1990s.<ref name="toonref" /> He refereed the 1999 ] ] ] between ] and ] at ] on 30 May 1999, when City won 3-1 on ], the match finishing 2-2 after ].<ref>: ].com website.</ref> | Halsey has been a National List referee for ] since the mid-1990s.<ref name="toonref" /> He refereed the 1999 ] ] ] between ] and ] at ] on 30 May 1999, when City won 3-1 on ], the match finishing 2-2 after ].<ref>: ].com website.</ref> | ||
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| Full name | Mark R Halsey | ||
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Mark R. Halsey (born 8 July 1961) is an English football referee in the Premier League. He was formerly based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, latterly in Bolton, Lancashire.
Career
Mark Halsey, a native of Hertfordshire, spent 12 years playing non-league football with teams such as Cambridge City and Hertford Town before he started refereeing in 1989. In December 1984 he played one game for Barnet before joining St Albans City and in the early 1990s Halsey would train with Barnet in Potters Bar to keep himself prepared for the rigours of officiating top flight games.
Halsey has been a National List referee for the Football League since the mid-1990s. He refereed the 1999 Football League One Play-off Final between Gillingham and Manchester City at Wembley on 30 May 1999, when City won 3-1 on penalties, the match finishing 2-2 after extra time.
Also in that year, he was promoted to Premier League referee, his first match in this competition being the 1-1 draw between Wimbledon and Coventry City on 14 August 1999.
In 2000, he was added to the FIFA List of referees, officiating in the Toulon Under-21 tournament in the same year. In 2001 he was a referee for the football tournament at the World Student Games in Beijing, and in 2002 at the FIFA World Disabled Championships, held in Japan.
Also in 2002, he was appointed as fourth official to Mike Riley for the FA Cup Final on 4 May 2002 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, where Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-0, the goals coming from Ray Parlour and Freddie Ljungberg.
In 2004, he took control of his first major FIFA appointment, the match between Belgium and France.
He also owns, with his wife Michelle, an Italian restaurant called Sottovento which is based in Farnworth (near Bolton)
On 19 May 2009, he appeared on the ITV show "60 Minute Makeover", with his home getting a makeover to the tune of £20,000.
In August 2009 it was announced Halsey was suffering from lymphoma of the glands and had undergone surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his throat, of which is currently in remission. He is hoping to return to refereeing later on in the 2009/2010 season, with the ambition to referee the FA Cup Final.
On 4 March 2010 Mark passed a referee fitness test. His first game back after his illness was Leicester City Reserves against Scunthorpe Reserves which the Foxes won 5-0. Halsey was due to referee the Football League Division Two match between Accrington Stanley and Barnet on Tuesday 30 March until it was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. He returned to referee the League 2 game between Rotherham United and Port Vale at the Don Valley Stadium on 3 April 2010, where he didn't have to show a single card.
FA Community Shield; 2007
| Chelsea 0 | 1 – 1 penalties (AET) | Manchester United 3 |
|---|---|---|
Malouda  45' Ben Haim  33' Carvalho 63' Obi Mikel 90+1' |
Giggs 35' Rooney 45+3' |
Football League Cup Final; 2008
| Chelsea | 1 – 2 (AET) | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
| Drogba 39' Obi 96' Carvalho 104' |
Berbatov 70' (pen) Woodgate 94' Zokora 38' Tainio 116' Lennon 120' Jenas 120' |
The only incident of note which Halsey was required to act upon was the guidance given by assistant referee Martin Yerby, which led to the Tottenham penalty kick, awarded in the 70th minute when Chelsea's Wayne Bridge handled the ball, and which cancelled out their first half goal by Didier Drogba.
Some Chelsea players and staff were also unhappy with the timing of the full time whistle. The fourth official showed three minutes of injury time to be played, and Halsey blew the whistle just as Salomon Kalou was entering the Spurs penalty area with the ball. However, Law 5 of the Laws of the Game indicates that the referee may blow his whistle at any time, and he therefore does not have to wait for an attack to finish. Kalou hit the post with his shot and the game was over.
Career statistics
| Season | Games | Total |
per game |
Total  |
per game
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997/98 | 42 | 161 | 3.83 | 5 | 0.11 |
| 1998/99 | 46 | 111 | 2.41 | 2 | 0.04 |
| 1999/00 | 38 | 96 | 2.52 | 8 | 0.21 |
| 2000/01 | 33 | 101 | 3.06 | 10 | 0.30 |
| 2001/02 | 37 | 118 | 3.18 | 7 | 0.18 |
| 2002/03 | 34 | 75 | 2.20 | 6 | 0.17 |
| 2003/04 | 41 | 81 | 1.97 | 5 | 0.12 |
| 2004/05 | 32 | 60 | 1.87 | 2 | 0.06 |
| 2005/06 | 38 | 54 | 1.42 | 6 | 0.15 |
| 2006/07 | 42 | 103 | 2.45 | 9 | 0.21 |
| 2007/08 | 41 | 86 | 2.09 | 5 | 0.12 |
| 2008/09 | 44 | 73 | 1.65 | 3 | 0.06 |
(There are no available records prior to 1997/98)
See also
References
- Birthdate confirmation: zerozero.pt website.
- ^ Places of residence and Football League list mentions: Newcastle-Online.com website.
- 1999 Championship Play-off Final: soccerbase.com website.
- First ever Premier League appointment: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ Profile: YNWA website.
- 2002 FA Cup Final match report: CNNSI.com website.
- Belgium v. France, 2004: FootballUnited website.
- Referee Mark Halsey speaks out after learning cancer is in remission, 6th Dec 2009, The Bolton News
- . BBC Sport. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - Carling Cup Final, penalty awarded to Tottenham: match report from the Daily Record website. Retrieved on 25 February 2008.
- Criticism from Peter Cech about when Halsey ended the game: Eurosport website. Retrieved on 26 February 2008.
- "Law 5 - The Referee" (including timekeeping powers): TheFA.com website. Retrieved on 26 February 2008.
External links
- Mark Halsey Profile at Refworld.com
- Mark Halsey Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com
- Three-way interview, along with Dermot Gallagher and Mark Clattenburg, at FourFourTwo.com
| Preceded byMartin Atkinson | FA Community Shield 2007 |
Succeeded byPeter Walton |
| Preceded byHoward Webb | Carling Cup Final 2008 |
Succeeded byChris Foy |