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Clattenburg to boss Arsenal game

last updated Tuesday 23rd August 2005, 8:59 PM
Mark ClattenburgMark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear Co. Durham)
At the age of 30 he is by far the youngest referee in the Select Group of Officials. When he was 16 he was sent on a refereeing course as part of the Duke of Edinburgh awards and was immediately bitten by the refereeing bug.

Mark then started his refereeing career in 1990 and is the product of the ‘fast tracking system’ that allows referees of a young age and ability to be rushed through the various levels of refereeing to enable them to reach the top of their profession a lot more quickly.

By 1999 he was promoted to the National List of Assistant Referees and was refereeing in the Conference. He only spent a year on that list before he was promoted once more to the National List of Referees meaning he was just one step away from the Premiership. So at the age of 25 years old he became the youngest referee to officiate in the Football League since 1956 when the legendary Jack Taylor blew his whistle. Taylor went on to referee the 1974 World Cup Final so Mark still has a lot to live up to.

Referee Stats - 2004/2005

Last season Ref Clattenburg blew his whistle less than most of his fellow Refs letting the game flow a little better.However when he whistled he was more likely to give a yellow card and ended up one of the busiest carders in the Premiership.Ref Clattenburg was not afraid to order a penalty or issue a red card but his efforts were fairly normal.
  Mr. Clattenburg's Av Premiership Ref
Total Match Avg Total Match Avg
Games 17 18
Fouls 403 23.71 467 26.17
Yellows 51 3.00 49 2.73
Reds 3 0.18 2.8 0.16
Penalties 4 0.24 4 0.21
Fouls per Yellow - 7.90 - 9.60
Homer? (2004-2005)
Total Home Away Total
Games Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen
17 198 25 2 1 205 26 1 3 403 51 3 4
  49% 49% 67% 25% 51% 54% 33% 75% - - - -
Premiership Average
18 48% 41% 46% 61% 52% 59% 54% 39% 467 49 3 4

Last season Ref Clattenburg was fairly even handed apart from his penalty decisions which were 75% in favour of away teams. Two or three similar decisions may be a help on Wednesday.
Previous Fulham games what was refed by Mark Clattenburg
2004/2005
28-12-2004 Premiership Fulham 2-3 Birmingham 1y 0r
Bookings: Rehman (Fulham)

03-04-2004 Premiership Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth 6y 0r
Bookings: Boa Morte, Goma, Rosenior (Fulham) O'Neil, Skopelitis, Stefanovic (Portsmouth)
Dejan Stefanovic was lucky not to be sent of in the fourth minute when he brought down Boa Morte as he prepared to charge through on goal, but referee Mark Clattenburg opted for leniency and showed only a yellow card. This was the game were Steed Malbranque failed to convert a penalty when Fulham were 1-0 down and suffering near the drop zone.
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