Keith Burge
| Full name | Walter Keith Burge | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
10 August 1950 | ||
| Other occupation |
Civil servant | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1986-1992 |
Football League | Referee | |
| 1992-1999 | Premier League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1986-1995 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
William Keith Burgecivil servant.[3]
Career
He was appointed as a referee to the Football League in 1986, at the age of thirty-five - the last Welsh referee to join the English list, as this option was withdrawn by UEFA in 1997.[3][4]
He was on the first list of referees to officiate in the new Premier League for the
Plough Lane.[5]
He was a FIFA official until 1995, when he reached the international retirement age of forty-five. One of his last appointments was in the Euro '96 qualifying tournament, when Lithuania drew 0-0 at home to Croatia on 29 March 1995.[6]
Domestically, he retained his place on the Premier League list for six seasons, until he retired from refereeing completely after his final match in the Premier League, a 2-1 win by
Old Trafford on 1 May 1999.[7]
References
- ^ Full name, confirmed on statistical webpage: Linguasport.com website.
- ^ Birthday confirmation: UEFA.com PDF newsletter (UEFA Direct, p.23).
- ^ a b Article Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine about Burge: Sunday Mirror online, via the FindArticles service.
- ^ Last Welsh referee on English list: mention in a HTML-based cached version of the Monmouthshire Referees online PDF newsletter (03-2003, p.3).
- soccerbase.com website.
- ^ Lithuania v. Croatia, Euro '96 qualifying: RSSSF statistical website.
- ^ Last match Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Man Utd v. Aston Villa, 1999: soccerbase.com website.
External links
- Keith Burge Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com (incomplete)