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Mark Halsey (born July 8 1961) is an English football referee in the FA Premier League. He was formerly based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, latterly in Bolton, Lancashire.

Career

Mark Halsey began refereeing in 1989. He 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 May 30, when City won 3-1 on penalties, the match finishing 2-2 after extra time.

In the following year, he was promoted to Premier League referee, his first match in this competition being the 1-0 home win by Aston Villa over Middlesbrough on August 28 1999, courtesy of a Dion Dublin goal after 5 minutes.

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 May 4 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.

See also

References

  1. Birthdate confirmation: zerozero.pt website.
  2. ^ Places of residence and Football League list mentions: Newcastle-Online.com website.
  3. 1999 Championship Play-off Final: soccerbase.com website.
  4. First ever Premier League appointment: soccerbase.com website.
  5. ^ Premier League profile: their Official website.
  6. 2002 FA Cup Final match report: CNNSI.com website.

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