Rob Styles
Full name | Robert Styles | ||
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Waterlooville, Hampshire, England | 21 April 1964||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1987–? |
Wessex League | Referee | |
Isthmian League | Referee | ||
2000-2000 |
The Football League | Referee | |
2000–2009 | Premier League | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2002–2002 | FIFA listed | Referee |
Robert Styles (born 21 April 1964FA Premier League game in 2000, and became FIFA listed in 2002. Styles retired from refereeing in 2009.
Career
Styles began refereeing in 1987, officiating in the
Football League Trophy final of that year between Stoke City and Bristol City, and the 2000 FA Trophy Final, when Kingstonian beat Kettering Town 3–2.[1]
His promotion to the Premier League list also happened in the year 2000, and his first match in the top group was the 1–0 win by Leicester City at West Ham United on 23 August 2000, Darren Eadie scoring the goal.[3] He became a FIFA referee in 2002.[1]
He was referee for the 2003
penalties after a 0–0 draw following extra time.[5]
In August 2007 Styles refereed the Premier League game between
Chelsea where he wrongly awarded a penalty to Chelsea[6] and then caused confusion by showing two yellow cards for a single incident.[7] As a result of his decision to award the penalty and the confusion regarding the yellow cards, it was announced by Keith Hackett, general manager of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), that Styles would be "dropped" for one round of matches.[8]
Styles last game the
Paul Robinson five minutes before half time.[9] In the following days the red card was overturned by the F.A. Two days after the overturning Styles retired from refereeing, citing the lack of support from the FA as his main reason.[10]
Career statistics
Season | Games | Total | per game | Total | per game |
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1997/1998 | 35 | 151 | 4.31 | 16 | 0.45 |
1998/1999 | 40 | 213 | 5.32 | 17 | 0.42 |
1999/2000 | 40 | 96 | 2.40 | 10 | 0.25 |
2000/2001 | 31 | 98 | 3.16 | 12 | 0.38 |
2001/2002 | 28 | 108 | 3.85 | 8 | 0.28 |
2002/2003 | 35 | 119 | 3.40 | 13 | 0.37 |
2003/2004 | 37 | 123 | 3.32 | 16 | 0.43 |
2004/2005 | 41 | 124 | 3.02 | 9 | 0.21 |
2005/2006 | 45 | 148 | 3.28 | 5 | 0.11 |
2006/2007 | 44 | 143 | 3.25 | 10 | 0.22 |
2007/2008 | 34 | 117 | 3.44 | 15 | 0.44 |
2008/2009 | 36 | 107 | 2.97 | 7 | 0.19 |
References
- ^ the Football LeagueOfficial website.
- soccerbase.com website.
- ^ First ever Premiership match: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ FA Youth Cup Final, 2003: TheFA.com website.
- ^ FA Cup Final 2005, report: TheFA.com website.
- ^ "Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea". 19 August 2007.
- BBC.co.ukwebsite.
- ^ "Referee Styles dropped after errors at Anfield".
- ^ "BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | West Brom 0-5 Man Utd". BBC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Robinson has red card rescinded". 29 January 2009.
External links
- Rob Styles Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com
- Rob Styles 2005 FA Cup Final interview at the Football Association
- Retrospective feature on his 2005 FA Cup Final performance, by Guardian Unlimitedonline