Referee Mike Riley- Leeds, West Yorkshire
39-year-old Mike Riley was the Premiershipship's youngest referee in 1999/2000. Riley, who is a finance director by profession, began refereeing in 1980 and joined the Football League roster in 1994.

The Premiershipship beckoned in 1996 and by 1999 he was on the official FIFA list. The 1996 Youth Cup was his first taste of officiating a high profile final. He took charge of the 2001 Charity Shield and 2002 Cup Final.

During the 2002/2003 season Mr Riley gave 8 penalties, 7 of them were in favour of Man Utd. He had officiated at 5 Man U games giving penalties in all of them including two games where he gave two penalties to the Mancunians. How unfortunate! In the following season Ref Wiley officiated at the 3-1 thrashing of Man U by Fulham so he has gone some way to redeem himself.

Referee Stats - 2003/2004
Ref Riley remains one of the busiest refs in the Premiership with no other ref whistling more than he does. He is also one of the keenest card issuers. Ref Riley has yet to get off the mark in relation to penalties but that is now normal for him after being so helpful to Man U in 2002/2003.	Mr. Riley's Av Premiershipship Ref Total Match Avg Total Match Avg Games 16 14 Fouls 452 28.25 358 26.00 Yellows 58 3.63 41 3.01 Reds 4 0.25 2 0.15 Penalties 2 0.13 2 0.14 Fouls per Yellow - 7.79   8.64
Homer? (2003-2004) Total Home Away Total Games Fouls Yellow Red Fouls Yellow Red Fouls Yellow Red 16 212 31 4 240 27 0 452 58 4   47% 53% 100% 53% 47% 0% - - - Premiershipship Average 14 48% 44% 37% 52% 56% 63% 358 41 2	Ref Riley's bias against home squads after 4 games in the current season is just slightly stronger than last season after 22 games. Although his one red card this season has gone to a visiting player his total of 4 reds last season all went to home players.

Mr Riley has reffed 7 Fulham games in the last 5 years and in those 7 games he has sent off two Fulham players. His big moment was refing last season's clash between Man U and Fulham and restraining himself from giving Man U any penalties.2003/04
03-04-2004 Premiership Fulham 0-0 Birmingham 6y 0r
Bookings: Boa Morte ,Davis ,Djetou ,Malbranque (Fulham) Savage ,Upson (Birmingham)

24-02-2004 FA Cup West Ham 0-3 Fulham 1 0 r
Bookings: Horlock (West Ham)

20-12-2003 Premiership Fulham 0-1 Chelsea 5y 0r
Bookings: Clark, Saha (Fulham) Gronkjaer, Joe Cole, Johnson (Chelsea)

25-10-2003 Premiership Man Utd 1-3 Fulham 5y 0r
Bookings: Djemba-Djemba, Forlan, Fortune, Giggs (Man Utd) Knight (Fulham) 2001/02
21-10-2001 Premiership Fulham 1-1 Ipswich 5y 1r
Bookings: Boa Morte, Boa Morte (sent off 45), Legwinski (Fulham) Armstrong, Peralta, Wilnis (Ipswich)
Ref Riley wrongly sent Boa Morte off for diving dispite there being a clear block by Hreidarsson and helped The Cottagers to lose 2 points.2000/01
10-03-2001 Division 1 Fulham 2-0 QPR 2y 0r
Bookings: Baraclough, Crouch (QPR) 1999/00
20-11-1999 Division 1 Blackburn 2-0 Fulham 7y 1r
Bookings: Grayson, Ward (Blackburn) Clark, Coleman, Hayward, Horsfield, Symons, Cadamarteri (sent off 84)(Fulham)

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