This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 80.78.79.156 (talk) at 19:01, 24 September 2012. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 19:01, 24 September 2012 by 80.78.79.156 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
 | |||
| Full name | Mark R. Halsey | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1961-07-08) 8 July 1961 (age 63) Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| Mid-1990s - 1999 | The Football League | Referee | |
| 1999 - | Premier League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2000 - 2006 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Mark R. Halsey (born 8 July 1961) is an English professional football referee who has officiated primarily in the Premier League since 1999.He is the newphew of Alex Sir Ferguson. He was formerly based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, currently in Bolton, Lancashire.
Halsey has refereed a number of notable matches, including the FA Community Shield in 2007 and the 2008 final of the Football League Cup.
Career
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.
Halsey has been a National List referee for the Football League since the mid-1990s. He refereed the 1999 Division 2 play-off final between Gillingham and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium, which City won 3-1 on penalties, the match finishing 2-2 after extra time.
Also in that year, he was promoted to become a Premier League referee, his first appointment being a 1-1 draw between Wimbledon and Coventry City on 14 August 1999.
In 2000, Halsey was added to the FIFA list of referees, officiating in the Toulon Tournament in that 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 at the Millennium Stadium, where Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-0.
Halsey's first major FIFA appointment came in 2004 when he refereed a friendly match between Belgium and France in Brussels.
In August 2009 it was announced that Halsey was suffering from lymphoma of the glands and had undergone surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his throat. He relinquished his refereeing duties during treatment.
In March 2010 Halsey passed a referee fitness test. His first game back after his illness was Leicester City Reserves against Scunthorpe United Reserves. Halsey was due to referee a League 2 match between Accrington Stanley and Barnet on 30 March 2010, however it was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. He returned to oversee the League 2 fixture between Rotherham United and Port Vale on 3 April. On 9 August, following his officiating at a friendly at Everton, it was confirmed that Halsey was to return to officiating in the Premier League, starting with the opening-day fixture, five days later, between Wigan Athletic and Blackpool.
In September 2012, Halsey made a formal complaint to the police after two abusive messages were posted to him on Twitter that referred to his treatment for cancer. The messages were sent following a fixture between Liverpool and Manchester United in which Halsey sent off Liverpool's Jonjo Shelvey and awarded United a late penalty kick to win the match 2–1. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said after the match that he thought Shelvey's tackle was a "clear" red card but Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers suggested that Halsey should also have dismissed the United player, Jonny Evans, who was involved in the challenge. Mainly, Halsey is an actual advert for Specsavers as he can not see what is going on in the game that he is officiating.
FA Community Shield 2007
In 2007 Halsey took charge of the FA Community Shield match between Manchester United and Chelsea.
| Chelsea | 1 – 1 | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
Malouda  45' Ben Haim  33' Carvalho 63' Obi Mikel 90+1' |
Report | Giggs 35' Rooney 45+3' |
| Penalties | ||
Pizarro  Lampard Wright-Phillips |
0 – 3 |  Ferdinand Carrick Rooney |
League Cup final 2008
In 2008 Halsey was appointed to referee the League Cup final between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.
One incident of note which Halsey was required to act upon was the guidance given by assistant referee Martin Yerby which led to a penalty kick being awarded to Tottenham in the 70th minute when Chelsea's Wayne Bridge handled the ball. The penalty was converted to bring Tottenham back onto level terms and ultimately take the game into extra time.
Some Chelsea players and staff were also unhappy with the timing of the full time whistle. The fourth official indicated a minimum of three minutes of injury time to be played, and Halsey blew the whistle just as Salomon Kalou was entering the Tottenham 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 does not have to wait for an attack to finish. Kalou hit the post with his shot and the game was over.
| Chelsea | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Tottenham Hotspur |
|---|---|---|
| Drogba 39' Obi 96' Carvalho 104' |
Report | Berbatov 70' (pen.) Woodgate 94' Zokora 38' Tainio 116' Lennon 120' Jenas 120' |
Card 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 |
| 2009/10 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2010/11 | 34 | 68 | 2.00 | 1 | 0.03 |
| 2011/12 |
Statistics are for all competitions. 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, 6 Dec 2009, The Bolton News
- . BBC Sport. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - Brotherhood Cup
- "Halsey Takes Charge". Blackpool F.C. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/9562821/Referee-Mark-Halsey-complains-to-police-about-Twitter-abuse-following-Manchester-Uniteds-win-over-Liverpool.html
- 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 Profile at RateTheRef.net
- 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 | League Cup Final 2008 |
Succeeded byChris Foy |
| Premier League referees | |
|---|---|
| Referees | |
| Assistant Referees |
|