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Revision as of 01:05, 21 October 2007 by CO (talk | contribs) (Reverted 1 edit by 158.223.168.191 identified as vandalism to last revision by Refsworldlee.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Mark R. 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, 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 Barnet before joining St Albans City and in the early 1990s Mark would train with Barnet in Potters Bar to keep himself prepared for the rigours of officiating top flight games.
Mark 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 1999, 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 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.
FA Community Shield; 2007
| Chelsea 0 | 1–1 penalties | Manchester United 3 |
|---|---|---|
Malouda  45'' Ben Haim  33' Carvalho 63' Obi Mikel 90+1' |
Giggs 35' Rooney 45+3' |
Attendance: 80,731
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.
External links
- Mark Halsey Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com
- Three-way interview, along with Dermot Gallagher and Mark Clattenburg, at FourFourTwo.com
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