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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 April of last year, 2023, when we beat Leeds United 2-1 at The Cottage. He booked four players all from the Leeds United team. Harry Wilson and Andreas Pereira scored Fulham's goals and a certain Joao Palhinha scored for Leeds :-)
a few weeks ago on 1st April 2023 when we lost 2-1 away at Bournemouth, he booked five players, four from Fulham, Andreas Pereira, Kenny Tete, Tom Cairney and Antonee Robinson all for fouls. Andreas Pereira was our only goal scorer.
Ref Bankes, previous to the above mentioned game, refed a Fulham game at the start of this season, 22/23, in August 2022 when we beat Bournemouth 3-2 at The Cottage. He booked three Fulham players, Joao Palhinha, Kenny Tete and Kevin Mbabu all for fouls, and two Bournemouth players. Fulham goal scorers were Bobby Decordova-Reid, Joao Palhinha and Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Previously Mr Banks refed Fulham in January 2022 when we drew 1-1 at home to Blackpool, Aleksandar Mitrovic scored Fulham's goal in the 6th minute. Ref Bankes booked 6 players, four of who were Fulham players, Denis Odoi (26,f), Aleksandar Mitrovic (45+1,arg), Fabio Carvalho (68,f) and Harry Wilson (75,d).
One year previously, January 2021, Mr Bankes bossed the game 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 disent, 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 earlier in April 2018 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 2018 he refed the 2-0 home win against Wolves when he booked Matt Targett for a foul and two Wolves players.
In September 2017 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 last refed Newcastle United was in October last year, 2023, when they drew 2-2 away at West Ham United. He booked three players from each team.
Last season Mr Bankes refed 11 games and dished out 58 yellows and 1 reds, so an above average 5.3 yellows per game.
His busiest game in recent times was the Tottenham home game against Sheffield United in September 2023 when he booked six Tottenham players, six Sheffield United players and gave a second yellow to a Sheffield United player in the 90th minute.
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