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Select Group Referee Profiles

Martin Atkinson
Name: Martin Atkinson
Location: West Yorkshire
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Martin was appointed to the Select Group Referees list in 2005. A year later, in 2006, he was appointed to  the FIFA International Referees list.

Martin took charge of the 2006 Community Shield between Liverpool and Chelsea at the Millennium Stadium. He was then appointed to referee the FA Trophy Final in 2008 between Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United at Wembley Stadium.

During the 2008/09 season Martin took charge of four UEFA Champions League games which included FC Zurich versus Real Madrid at Letzigrund and Inter Milan versus Dynamo Kiev at the San Siro.

Stuart Attwell
Name: Stuart Attwell
Location: Warwickshire
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Stuart has been fast-tracked through the refereeing system, having started in 1998 and promoted to the National List of Referees in 2007. Spent one season as a Contributory League referee and one season on the list of Panel Referees. He refereed the FA County Youth Cup Final in 2007.  

Stuart became the youngest person to referee in the Premier League in August 2008, at 25-years-old, and was confirmed as England’s youngest international Referee when he was named on the FIFA list in December 2008.

Mark Clattenburg
Name: Mark Clattenburg
Location: Tyne & Wear
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Appointed to Select Group Referees list in 2004 and to FIFA International Referees list in 2006. Premier League Asia Cup referee 2007 in Hong Kong.

Mark was appointed to both legs of the 2006/07 FA Youth Cup Final between Liverpool and Manchester United.

Mike Dean
Name: Mike Dean
Location: Cheshire
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Appointed to FIFA International Referees list in 2002 and took charge of Australia v Argentina on 11 September 2007 in Melbourne. Mike refereed the 2004 FA Community Shield between Arsenal and Manchester United at the Millennium Stadium, as well as the FA Trophy Final later that year.

Mike also took charge of the 2006 Championship Play-Off final, before his appointment to the FA Cup Final in 2008, which featured Portsmouth and Cardiff City.
 

Phil Dowd
Name: Phil Dowd
Location: Staffordshire
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Appointed to the Select Group Referees list in 2001. Phil was also appointed as Fourth Official at the 2006 FA Cup Final between Liverpool and West Ham United - the last FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium.

Chris Foy
Name: Chris Foy
Location: Merseyside
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Appointed to Select Group Referees list in 2001..His first game was at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton Wanderers v Charlton Athletic. He was the Referee at the 2007 FA Trophy Final between Stevenage Borough and Kidderminster Harriers at Wembley.

Chris was appointed as Fourth Official for the 2008 FA Cup Final.

At the start of the 2009/10 season Chris took charge of the FA Community Shield between Chelsea and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium.
 

Kevin Friend
Name: Kevin Friend
Location: Leicestershire
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Kevin is another referee who started refereeing at age thirteen within his home county of Leicestershire. His route to the National List was via the Leicester Senior League and Midland Football Alliance before being promoted to the National list in 2000.After three more seasons he reached the National List of Referees.

In addition to being appointed as 4th Official at an U-21 International, he has also been appointed to the FA Vase Final and FL Trophy Final.

Kevin took charge of his first Premier League fixture in August 2009 between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham at Molineux.
 

Mark Halsey
Name: Mark Halsey
Location: Lancashire
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Mark, a former non-league goalkeeper, commenced refereeing in 1989. He joined the Select Group Referees list on its formation in 2001. He was appointed to the FIFA International Referees list in 2000 and was appointed as Fourth Official in the 2002 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea.

Mark then went on to referee the 2007 Community Shield between Chelsea and Manchester United, as well as the 2008 League Cup Final, which was played out by Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. Both matches were played at Wembley Stadium.