Alan Wilkie (referee)

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Alan Wilkie
Full name Alan B. Wilkie
Born 1951 (age 72–73)
Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Other occupation previously:
Telecommunications electrical engineer
now: Regional Refereeing Manager, The FA
Vice Chairman at Chester-le-Street Town FC
Domestic
Years League Role
1981–1982
Northern League
 Asst. referee
1982–1988 Northern League Referee
1985–1988
Football League
 Referee (supplementary)
1988–1993 Football League Referee
1993–2000 Premier League Referee
International
Years League Role
1987–1993 UEFA listed Asst. referee
1993–2000 UEFA listed Referee

Alan B. Wilkie (born 1951[

Telecommunications electrical engineer, and he now works for the Football Association as a regional manager for referees in North East England.[1]

Career

Wilkie became a Class 3 referee in 1977, at the age of 26,† when a serious knee injury meant him having to give up playing football in local leagues. In 1981† he was selected as a

the Football League, then became a supplementary referee for that league in 1985. He was further promoted to the full Football League list in 1988. His first match after this promotion was in the old Football League Third Division on 27 August 1988, the game between Mansfield Town and Northampton Town
, which finished 1–1.†

In September 1987 he had been given duties as linesman for a

Ancona and Charlton
in November 1993.†

He was included in the list of

Leeds United drew 1–1 at home to Chelsea at Elland Road.[3]

He was the referee during the match between

Andy Cole at the time: "It was only in the dressing room that one of the assistants told me what he (Cantona) had done."[2]

At the end of that season, on 6 May 1995, Wilkie found it necessary to report the entire

penalty to Leeds United in the 80th minute of a match which would determine whether City were relegated from the Premier League or not. If successful, the spot kick would mean that a draw was likely, not enough for Norwich to stay up. In the event, Leeds scored a second goal on 90 minutes to send the 'Canaries' down.[4] Wilkie was quoted in The Independent following the game. "All the Norwich team will be reported, I won't be isolating any one player," he said. "That would be impossible because they were all around me, even the reserve goalkeeper."[5]

On 27 February 2000, Wilkie stepped out for what should have been the most prestigious domestic appointment of his career, the

fourth official on that day. The match finished 2–1 to Leicester.[7][8]

As well as being the first Premier League referee to handle 100 games in that competition, Wilkie took charge of 10 European games and a total of 456 League matches.

Old Trafford on 6 May 2000, when the home side won 3–1.[10]

Retirement

In October 2003, he was part of a team conducting a "workshop for Senior Referees" in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, on behalf of CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football), and in conjunction with the English FA.[11]

Life outside football

Wilkie is married to Margaret, and has two sons. He is self-admittedly a Newcastle United fan, and his other hobbies and interests include music, crosswords and driving. He worked for British Telecom as an electrical engineer for thirty years, combining that with refereeing, until taking up his present post with the FA.[2]

In 2002, Wilkie published his autobiography, "One Night at the Palace: A Referee's Story", co-written with George Miller.[12]

References

Print

  • †One Night at the Palace: A Referee's Story, Alan Wilkie & George Miller, Parrs Wood Press 2002,
    ISBN 1-903158-35-4

Internet

  1. ^ Regional Refereeing Manager (North East) for the Football Association: TheFA.com Official website.
  2. ^ a b c More biographical detail: article at The Northern Echo website.
  3. soccerbase
    .com website.
  4. ^ Leeds v. Norwich, statistical details: soccerbase.com website.
  5. ^ Mass protest by players and subs, Norwich City at Leeds, 1995: article at The Independent website, via the FindArticles service.
  6. ^ League Cup Final 2000, statistical details: soccerbase.com website.
  7. ^ League Cup Final 2000, detailed match report: BBC News website.
  8. ^ League Cup Final 2000, alternative match report: article at The Independent website, via the FindArticles service.
  9. ^ Career information: from a West Riding Coaches Association promotional document (cached HTML version). Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Last match before retiring, Man United v. Spurs, 2000: soccerbase.com website.
  11. ^ Workshop for Senior Referees Archived 7 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Trinidad & Tobago, 2003: CONCACAF.com website.
  12. ISBN 1-903158-35-4
    : Football-Books.com website.

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