Referee
Martin Atkinson - Leeds, Yorkshire
Ref Atkinson started his refereeing career when he was 16 in the local leagues and progressed to The Football League assistant referees list in 1998 before being promoted to the select group of assistant referees in 2000.
He refereed the FA County Youth Cup Final in 2003 and was promoted to the national list of referees at the start of the 2003/04 season.
Ref Atkinson must have friends in high places
as he went from the Conference to the Premiership in two seasons. In 2004/2005 he officiated at four Premiership games, in 2005/2006 he appeared in 14 games and last season he was one of the busiest ref's with 24 Premiership games.
He had a reputation of being a lenient referee in The Championship and managed to avoid sending anyone off between August 2004 and October 2005.
Yorkshire-based Atkinson has reffed five Fulham Premiership
games which have resulted in 3 home wins, one draw and an away defeat with 3 Fulham
players being booked out of a total of 10 players. So far the Yorkshire man has
been good for Fulham.
Referee Stats - 2007/2008 Premiumship
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Ref Atkinson has slightly reduced
his whistle blowing this season after hitting
above average figures last season although he is still the 8th busiest whistler.
In terms of red cards and pens
he is a little below the average. |
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Mr.
Atkinson's |
Av
Premiership Ref |
|
Total |
Match Avg |
Ref Pos |
Total |
Match Avg |
| Games |
22 |
|
|
18 |
|
| Fouls |
560 |
25.5 |
8th |
441 |
24.6 |
| Yellows |
72 |
3.3 |
7th |
58 |
3.2 |
| Reds |
3 |
0.1 |
10th |
3 |
0.2 |
| Penalties |
3 |
0.1 |
14th |
4 |
0.2 |
| Fouls per Yellow |
- |
7.8 |
10th |
- |
7.6 | | |
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| Homer? (2006-2007) |
| Total |
Home |
Away |
Total |
| Games |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
Pen |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
Pen |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
Pen |
|
22 |
272 |
32 |
2 |
2 |
288 |
40 |
1 |
1 |
560 |
72 |
3 |
3 |
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49% |
44% |
67% |
67% |
51% |
56% |
33% |
33% |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Premiership Average |
|
18 |
49% |
42% |
52% |
64% |
51% |
58% |
48% |
36% |
441 |
58 |
3 |
4 | |
Ref Atkinson was the biggest homer in the Premiership at one point in 2005/2006 but last season he started to become an average homer and he has continued on the
same path again this season. | |
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Previous
Fulham games what was refed by Martin Atkinson |
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22-01-2008 FA Cup Bristol R 0-0 Fulham (B. R. win 5 - 3 on penalties) 1y 1r
Bookings: Stefanovic, (sent off 74, 2nd y),(Fulham)
Memorable for the return of Jimmy Bullard but little else |
29-09-2007 Premiership Chelsea 0-0 Fulham 2y 1r
Bookings: Drogba (sent off 74), (Chelsea) Davis (Fulham)
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27-01-2007 F.A. Cup Fulham 3-0 Stoke 3y 0r
Bookings: Rosenior, Volz (Fulham) Fuller (Stoke)
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04-11-2006 Premiership Fulham 1-0 Everton 1y 0r
Bookings: Neville (Everton) |
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15-04-2006
Premiership Fulham 2-1 Charlton 0y 0r
Bookings: None
Quiet game for Ref Atkinson but good fun for Fulham
fans Boa Morte got two excellent goals and the result put The Cottagers
one short of the magical 40 with 4 games to go. We went on to get a
further 9 points so nearly a quarter of our seasonal total from 10% of the
games. |
04-02-2006
Premiership Man Utd 4-2 Fulham 6y 0r
Bookings: Brown, Evra, Neville, Smith (Man Utd) Boa Morte, Rosenior (Fulham)
The one where Ref Atkinson and his lino could not see
Van Nistelrooy a yard off-side and interfering with play for United's
crucial third goal. And Coleman offered the assistant responsible a
forthright opinion, which Ref Atkinson deemed worthy of a quick walk to
the stands. |
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22-10-2005 Premiership Fulham 2-0 Liverpool 2y 0r
Bookings: Josemi, Sissoko (Liverpool)
Referee Atkinson correctly
held out against heavy pressure from Liverpool players about a number of
decisions |