Barry Knight (referee)
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| Full name | Barry Knight | |
| Date of birth | May 7, 1960 | |
| Place of birth | Orpington, Kent, England | |
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Barry Knight (born May 7, 1960,[1] Orpington, Kent[2]) is an English football referee, who officiates in the Premier League. Since January 2008 he has been unable to officiate for them, due to injury.[3]
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[edit] Career
Knight first took up the whistle in 1978, and in 1991 he became a Southern League referee.[1]
In 1995 he was promoted to the list of referees for the Football League.[4]
He was included on the FA Premier League list of referees from 1999. His first appointment in this competition was the game between Wimbledon and Middlesbrough on 10 August 1999 at Selhurst Park - a 2-3 away win.[5]
In the year 2001, he took charge of the FA Youth Cup Final, a 6-3 win for Arsenal against Blackburn.[6]
He was the referee who sent off team-mates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer, of Newcastle United, after they fought during a match against Aston Villa at St. James' Park, which they eventually lost 3-0.[7][8]
His contribution to Premiership officiating stopped suddenly after Blackburn's 2-1 home win over Birmingham on October 22, 2005 due to a knee ligament injury he had suffered, and which took much time to recover from.[9]
Knight returned to action on March 17, 2007 by fulfilling a fourth official posting in the Premier League (Reading v. Portsmouth).[10]
He fully returned to active top class refereeing on August 11, 2007, when he took charge of the 2-1 away win by Leyton Orient at Southend in League One, during which he dismissed the home side's Alan McCormack.[11] However, before Knight was able to make a return to Premier League refereeing his injury re-occurred after a game on 28 August. He recovered once again to take charge of only his fourth Football League game of the 2007-08 season in early January 2008, the 1-0 victory by Bradford City at Accrington Stanley.[12] However, he sustained another injury and had to withdraw in the first half.[3]
[edit] Career statistics
| Season | Games | Total  |
per game |
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per game |
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| 1997/1998 | 38 | 120 | 3.15 | 14 | 0.36 |
| 1998/1999 | 40 | 151 | 3.77 | 13 | 0.32 |
| 1999/2000 | 36 | 125 | 3.47 | 8 | 0.22 |
| 2000/2001 | 32 | 114 | 3.56 | 9 | 0.28 |
| 2001/2002 | 29 | 102 | 3.51 | 7 | 0.24 |
| 2002/2003 | 6 | 17 | 2.83 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2003/2004 | 30 | 95 | 3.16 | 9 | 0.30 |
| 2004/2005 | 23 | 40 | 1.73 | 4 | 0.17 |
| 2005/2006 | 15 | 22 | 1.42 | 3 | 0.20 |
| 2006/2007 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2007/2008 | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 2 | 0.50 |
(There are no available records prior to 1997/1998)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Football League Referee Profiles.
- ^ Home town reference: BBC.co.uk article.
- ^ a b Limped off in first Football League game back in 2008: match report at the Telegraph and Argus (Bradford) website.
- ^ Biographical details: Premier League Official website.
- ^ First ever FA Premier League match: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ FA Youth Cup Final 2001: TheFA.com website.
- ^ Bowyer/Dyer Dismissals News Article.
- ^ Newcastle v. Aston Villa Match Report.
- ^ Injury mention: LondonFA.com, Young Referees’ Support Group Newsletter March 2006.
- ^ Return to action: From a posting in the Referee Forum: Select Group Appointments.
- ^ Return to active top class refereeing, 2007: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ First Football League game since injury, Accrington Stanley v. Bradford City: soccerbase.com website.
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