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Week 5 - Martin Atkinson

Martin Atkinson

Referee: Martin Atkinson

Seleted as 4th Official in the 2007 FA Cup Final, Community Shield referee in 2005 and recently took charge of a semi final in the FIFA under 20 World Championship finals in Canada.

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Iain Arnold, Ireland

Do you have a preference to the colour you wear, if you can't wear black?

I wear black as much as possible; I'm quite a traditionalist and like to see referees in black.  If I have to change then yellow would be the preferred colour as most assistants agree it’s a colour easily picked up by them for the referee’s position. Obviously the goalkeepers colour plays a part in deciding what colour the match officials wear.