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Referee
Peter Bankes |
Referee Peter Bankes, who began refereeing in Liverpool in 1996, aged 14, was appointed as a full time Select Group 2 referee in 2016 after becoming a National Group referee in 2014.
He was further promoted to the Select Group 1, at the start of the 2019/2020 season, enabling him to referee in the Premier League.
Mr Bankes last bossed a Fulham game in January 2021 when 10 men Fulham lost 1-0 home to Fulham Broadway. He booked Bobby Decordova-Reid and Ademola Lookman both for fouls and also sent off Antonee Robinson for a bad foul in the 44th minute.
A year previously in October 2019 he refed Fulham when we drew 0-0 away at Middlesbrough in the Championship. He yellow carded three Boro players and two Fulham players,Denis Odoi (7,f), Harrison Reed (72,f). To make it a little more difficult for Fulham he sent off keeper Marek Rodak in the 17th minute. The Slovakian shot-stopper was penalised by referee Peter Bankes for deliberate handball after he misjudged his charge out of his box and Jonny Howson tried to flick the ball over his head.
Earlier in the same season, August 2019, Mr Bankes refed Fulham when we were beaten 2-1 at The Cottage by Nottingham Forest. He booked four Forest players, two for time wasting, and two Fulham players, Harry Arter (50,f) and Aboubakar Kamara (90+9,d).
Prior to that game he refed four Fulham games in 2017/18 the most recent of which was the 2-1 home win over Sunderland in April 2018. Mr Bankes booked four Sunderland players two for dessent, one for timewasting and one more for arguing with Kamara. He also booked two Fulham players, Bettinelli (90+3,tw) and Kamara (90+6,arg).
He also refed the 2-0 home win against Leeds in early April booking three Fulham players, Bettinelli (68,tw), McDonald (69,f), Johansen (78,f), and two Leeds players, one for dissent and the other for a foul.
In February he refed the 2-0 home win against Wolves when he booked Matt Targett for a foul and two Wolves players.
In September he refed the 2-1 away win at QPR when he booked three players from each team, the Fulham players were Norwood (63,f), Fredericks (64,d), Button (87,tw).
Mr Bankes refed Blackpool just before Christmas, in December 2021, when they lost 0-3 at home to Luton. He kept his cards in his pockets.
Last season Mr Bankes refed 26 games and dished out 73 yellows and 5 reds, so a below average 2.8 yellows per game.
His busiest game in recent times was the Reading v Middlesbrough game when he yellow carded three players from each team and then sent off a Boro player in the 87th minute.
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