Anthony Bates

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Anthony Bates
Born (1961-09-26) 26 September 1961 (age 62)
Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Domestic
Years League Role
1993–1996
Football League
 Asst. referee
1996– Football League Referee
International
Years League Role
1993–1996 UEFA listed Asst. referee

Anthony Bates (born 26 September 1961

FA Women's Cup Final in 2007. On average, Bates gave a high 4.0 cards per game in the 1998–99 season, the highest so far in his career.[citation needed
]

Career

Bates was born in

1996 FA Cup Final[1] at Wembley on 11 May 1996, when Manchester United beat Liverpool 1–0, with Eric Cantona scoring the only goal.[4]

Following that busy period, he was promoted to referee in the Football League for the 1996–97 season.[1] One of his first appointments was the Third Division match between Hereford United and Doncaster Rovers at Edgar Street on 24 August 1996, when the home side won 1–0.[2]

His only match of note during his first six years at Football League level was an

Birmingham City and Millwall at St. Andrew's, and finished in a 1–1 draw.[5] Birmingham were promoted to the Premier League
after winning the Final on penalties.

In 2004, former Liverpool and

touchline for four matches.[8]

After a match in

red card
.

Bates was the referee in charge of an FA Cup first round tie between Newport County and Swansea City at Newport Stadium on 11 November 2006,[11] when fourth official Alan Sheffield was struck by a coin thrown from the crowd, shortly after County manager Peter Beadle was sent from the technical area by Bates for verbal abuse of Sheffield during the game, and following a free kick given in favour of Swansea from which they scored.[12] Newport lost 3–1.[11] Subsequently, both Newport County and their manager received heavy punishments from the Welsh FA. County were fined £3,000 for failing to control their supporters, and Beadle received a seven-match touchline ban and was also fined £1,500.[13]

Bates' highest honour yet was his appointment to the

UEFA Women's Cup).[14]

On 22 December 2007, he refereed the 1–1 draw in the Championship between

The Valley,[15] and sent off Danny Mills for "foul and abusive language".[16]

On 28 January 2008, Bates was the referee for a 0–0 draw in the Championship between

public address announcer asked for "any level three officials in the ground to report to reception immediately", so that the fourth official could receive assistance in his duties.[17]

Bates' one other appointment to a "Final" was in the

Liberty Stadium between Swansea City and MK Dons. The winners over the two-legged decider would go on to meet the victors in the Northern equivalent at Wembley Stadium on 30 March 2008. Swansea lost 1–0 to the eventual Finalists.[18]

Career statistics

Season Games Yellow cards Red cards Average cards a game
1997–98 38 140 8 3.9
1998–99 41 160 6 4.0
1999–2000 37 121 8 3.5
2000–01 33 100 2 3.1
2001–02 38 78 4 2.2
2002–03 40 105 2 2.7
2003–04 32 92 5 3.0
2004–05 33 94 3 2.9
2005–06 36 100 7 3.0
2006–07 40 116 4 3.0
2007–08 36 85 2 2.4
2008–09 38 64 3 1.8
2009–10 36 106 1 3.0
2010–11 (In progress) 17 43 3 2.8

References

  1. ^
    the Football League
    official website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  2. ^ a b One of his first matches as a Football League referee, plus residence in Burslem[permanent dead link]: from an article at the Hereford Times website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  3. ^ Charity Shield 1995, Everton v. Blackburn: ToffeeWeb.com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  4. soccerbase
    .com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  5. ^ First Division play-off semi-final first leg, Birmingham v. Millwall, 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  6. ^ Molby sent from the dugout Archived 16 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Southend v. Kidderminster, 2004: Football.co.uk website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  7. ^ Southend 3 Kidderminster 0, Third Division, 2004: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  8. Jan Molby, Kidderminster Harriers manager: from an article at the Droitwich Spa Advertiser
    website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  9. ^ Nottm. Forest v. Scunthorpe, League One, 2005: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  10. BBC.co.uk
    website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  11. ^ a b Newport v. Swansea Archived 16 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine, FA Cup first round, 2006: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  12. ^ Beadle 'sent off', fourth official hit by coin, Newport v. Swansea, 2006: BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  13. ^ Punishments, for Newport and Beadle: BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  14. ^ Arsenal Ladies 4 Charlton Ladies 1, FA Women's Cup Final, 2007: TheFA.com official website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  15. ^ Charlton v. Hull, Championship, 2007: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  16. ^ "Red card put Mills' Charlton future in doubt". Kent Online. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  17. ^ Ipswich 0 Plymouth 0 Archived 3 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Championship, 2008: Plymouth Argyle official website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.
  18. ^ Swansea v. MK Dons, Southern Area Final first leg, Football League Trophy: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 22 March 2008.

External links

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