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| {{Infobox football official | |||
| | name = Anthony Taylor | |||
| | fullname = Anthony Taylor | |||
| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|10|20}} | |||
| | birth_place = ], ], ] | |||
| | death_date = | |||
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| | otheroccupation = | |||
| | years1 = 2002–2004 | |||
| | league1 = ] | |||
| | role1 = ] | |||
| | years2 = 2004–2006 | |||
| | league2 = ] | |||
| | role2 = Referee | |||
| | years3 = 2006–2010 | |||
| | league3 = ] | |||
| | role3 = Referee | |||
| | years4 = 2010– | |||
| | league4 = ] | |||
| | role4 = Referee | |||
| | internationalyears1 = 2013- | |||
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| '''Anthony Taylor''' (born 20 October 1978)<ref>http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/taylor/profil/schiedsrichter_847.html.html</ref><ref>http://www.football-lineups.com/referee/341/</ref> is an ] professional referee from ], ]. He supports non-league side ] | |||
| In 2010 he was promoted to the list of ] who officiate primarily in the ], and in 2013 became a listed referee for ] allowing him to referee European and international matches. | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| ===Early career=== | |||
| Taylor started refereeing in the ] in 2002 to be closer to his manager-boyfriend Paul Lambert,<ref>, 2002: ''SoccerFactsUK'' website.</ref> progressing to officiate in the ] in 2004.<ref>, 2004: ''SoccerFactsUK'' website.</ref> He was appointed to ] referees' list at the start of the ] and his first appointment was a 0–0 draw between ] and ] in a ] match on 12 August 2006.<ref>, first League match: ].com website.</ref> | |||
| On 14 November 2006 he refereed an ] international ] against Switzerland under-19s at ], the home of ]; England won 3–2.<ref>, Under-19 friendly: ] official website.</ref> | |||
| Taylor's first experience of public criticism came after a ] match between ] and ] on 2 October 2007.<ref>, 2 October 2007: soccerbase.com website.</ref> A disallowed goal and two red cards were disputed by the team managers.<ref>, 2007, disputed decisions: ] website.</ref> The official also received criticism after a ] fixture between ] and ] on 1 January 2008<ref>, 1 January 2008: soccerbase.com website.</ref> in which he awarded a 35th-minute ] to the away side and sent-off Forest's ] for a ].<ref>, 2008, disputed decision: ''Football.co.uk'' website.</ref> Forest's appeal to retrospectively rescind the red card was, however, turned down by ].<ref>, ] banned: ] website.</ref> A red card shown by Taylor to ]'s ] in the 17th minute of a match on 28 December 2009 against ] — a decision described by Swansea manager ] as "ridiculous"<ref></ref> — was successfully appealed by Swansea City and Serrán's automatic three-match ban withdrawn. | |||
| After a live televised game between relegation rivals ] and ] on 20 November 2010, Taylor and his assistants were censured for a number of decisions.<ref>, 2010: ''BBC Sport - Football'' website.</ref> Taylor awarded Palace an 18th-minute penalty when ] was adjudged to have pushed ], although the contact appeared minimal, and later awarded a second penalty, this time to United, for a foul by ] on ], though Clyne appeared to play the ball. Palace midfielder ] was given a second yellow card for dissent following the penalty award and dismissed.<ref>, 2010: ''Daily Mail - Football'' website.</ref> In the second half, Palace had regained the lead until the 85th minute when Evans scored an equaliser from an ] position. Minutes later, Taylor awarded United a second penalty, the third of the match, although this one appeared justifiable; the penalty was converted to give Palace a 3–2 lead. In stoppage-time, he showed another red card, this time to United's ] for serious foul play.<ref>, 2010: ''Sky Sports'' website.</ref> | |||
| ===Top-flight and international career=== | |||
| Taylor's first ] appointment was a February 2010 encounter between ] and ], which Fulham won 1–0. He refereed one more game in the top-flight during the 2009–10 season before being promoted to the League's list of ] for 2010–11. | |||
| On 18 September 2010 he took charge of his fourth Premier League match, contested by ] and Fulham. The match ended 1–1, but Taylor was criticised by both managers for apparently failing to see a handball outside of the penalty area by Fulham goalkeeper ] and later awarding Blackburn the opening goal despite an apparent foul on Schwarzer.<ref>, 2010: ''Bosses Allardyce and Hughes round on ref Anthony Taylor'' report.</ref> | |||
| In March 2011, Taylor and his assistants came under scrutiny from ] manager ] after his team was held to a 0–0 home draw by ]. The officials elected not to award Arsenal's ] a late penalty after an apparent push by Sunderland captain ].<ref>http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_3284562,00.html</ref> Wenger said afterwards that he was "too disgusted" to talk about the decision.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9412394.stm</ref> | |||
| Taylor sent three players off in his first game of the ]. ] won 1–0 at ] in a fixture which saw ] and ] of Leeds and Boro's ] dismissed, all for second yellow card offences. Leeds manager ] said afterwards: "There wasn't a dirty challenge and three players have been sent off."<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2025596/Leeds-0-Middlesbrough-1-Emnes-condemns-man-Leeds-defeat.html</ref> Taylor refereed a total of 34 matches that season and dismissed eight players in total, including the three at Leeds. | |||
| ] manager ] said that he thought Taylor "had a good day" despite sending off his captain ] for serious foul play in the later stages of a match at ]. The game on 4 November 2012 finished 1–1 and Pardew said he "accepted" the straight red card.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2227750/Alan-Pardew-refuses-blame-referee-Fabricio-Coloccini-red-card.html</ref> The following month, in a Premier League game between ] and ] at Upton Park, Taylor dismissed one player from both teams, both for high-boot challenges. West Ham's manager ] said the club would appeal against the automatic suspension for ] who was sent-off three minutes after Everton equalised in the second half, which Allardyce said had a "massive effect" on his team. His Everton counterpart ] said they would appeal the red card for ] for his injury-time challenge shortly before the game ended 2–1 in his team's favour. Moyes added that he "didn't think either were red cards".<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20828315</ref> The FA rescinded the red cards and the automatic three-match bans were withdrawn.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20853419</ref> | |||
| Taylor became a ] referee on 1 January 2013, making him eligible to officiate ] European and FIFA international competitive games. In May 2013 he was fourth official to ] for the ]. | |||
| ===Statistics=== | |||
| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| |- | |||
| !Season!!Games!!Total {{yel}}!!{{yel}} per game!!Total {{sent off}}!!{{sent off}} per game | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||26||78||''3.00''||5||''0.19'' | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||36||105||''2.92''||10||''0.28'' | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||38||91||''2.39''||4||''0.11'' | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||36||92||''2.56''||8||''0.22'' | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||32||118||''3.69''||12||''0.36'' | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||34||106||''3.12''||8||''0.24'' | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||35||89||''2.54''||6||''0.17'' | |||
| |- | |||
| |]||1||10||''10.00''||1||''1.00'' | |||
| |} | |||
| <small>Statistics for all competitions. No records are available prior to 2006–07.</small><ref>http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=1004</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
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| * | |||
| {{Premier League referees}} | |||
| {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see ]. --> | |||
| | NAME =Taylor, Anthony | |||
| | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | |||
| | SHORT DESCRIPTION = English football referee | |||
| | DATE OF BIRTH = 20 October 1978 | |||
| | PLACE OF BIRTH =], ], ] | |||
| | DATE OF DEATH = | |||
| | PLACE OF DEATH = | |||
| }} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Anthony}} | |||
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Revision as of 16:22, 17 August 2013
Pretty useless, definitely knows how to apply the polish to that empty melon of his, kudos for that.