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Revision as of 22:06, 10 February 2007 by Refsworldlee (talk | contribs) (tidy up, grammar, plus NPOV and year of "controversial" match, add External link soccerbase stats)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Mark Halsey (born July 8 1961) is an English football referee in the FA Premier League. He was formerly based in Welwyn Garden City, latterly in Bolton, Lancashire.
Halsey started refereeing in 1989 and became a FA Premier League referee after only 10 years in 1999. 1 year later (2000) Mark became a FIFA referee.
One of Mr Halsey's most controversial decisions was to send off Sol Campbell in Arsenal's championship deciding game against Manchester United in 2003, for an alleged strike with the elbow, even though television replays proved inconclusive. The match was drawn 2-2 and Manchester United went on the win the League.
Milestones
Important games Halsey has refereed are as follows:
- 1999 Play-off Final: Manchester City v Gillingham
- 2002 FA Cup Final: 4th Official Arsenal v Chelsea
- 2002 FIFA World Disabled Championships – Japan: Referee
- 2000 Toulon Under-21 tournament
- 2001 World Student games in Beijing
- 2004 Belgium v France - first full international