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Martin Atkinson (born 31 March 1971) is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League and also for FIFA. He was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, but is now based in nearby Leeds, and is a member of the West Riding County Football Association.〔(Profile ): the Football League official website. Retrieved on 16 April 2008〕 Atkinson made his first appearance as an official in the Football League as an assistant referee in 1995. Since he was promoted to the list of Select Group Referees in 2005 he has refereed a number of notable matches, including the FA Community Shield and the finals of the FA Trophy, Football League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Europa League. ==Career== Atkinson started his refereeing career at the relatively early age of 16 years old, as the local team did not have a referee to oversee matches. By 1998, he had been promoted to the Football League's list of assistant referees. This was followed in 2000 by promotion to the Select Group of assistant referees. By December 2002 he was refereeing Football Conference matches,〔(Football Conference ) referee, 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 16 April 2008〕 and also refereed the 2003 FA County Youth Cup final.〔(FA Youth Cup Final 2003 ): TheFA.com website. Retrieved on 16 April 2008〕 At the start of the 2003–04 season, Atkinson joined the national list of referees. He had the distinction of not sending off any player from the field of play between August 2004 and October 2005. Only two years after his Conference debut, Atkinson was appointed to referee his first Premier League game, taking charge of the Manchester City-Birmingham City fixture on 20 April 2005, cautioning one player and awarding the home side a penalty kick in a 3–0 result.〔("Fulhamweb" Profile ) of Martin Atkinson. Retrieved on 16 April 2008.〕〔(Man.City v. Birmingham ) Fixture Details: ''RateTheRef'' website. Retrieved on 16 April 2008.〕 During the three seasons between 2003 and 2006, Atkinson issued only eight red cards in 102 matches, an average of less than 0.08 per game. In 2006 Atkinson was appointed to the list of FIFA referees.〔(Appointment as FIFA referee ), 2006: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on 16 April 2008〕 The 2009–10 season saw Atkinson referee 48 matches in English football, his highest tally of appointments in one season to date. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Atkinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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