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Matthew David Messias〔(Confirmation of full name ): ''zerozero.eu'' website.〕 (born 7 May 1964〔(Profile ) of Messias: the Football League Official website.〕) is an English former football referee, who operated in the Football League, the Premier League, and also for UEFA and FIFA. He was first based in York during his time as an official,〔(Example ) report quoting York as his initial place of residence: BBC.co.uk website.〕 subsequently moving to Barnsley, also in the county of Yorkshire. His other occupation was as a physical education teacher. ==Career== He first took up refereeing in 1982, whilst still playing (for the Hertfordshire county team, and for St John's College in York).〔(Biographical detail ) from a newspaper article: ''ThisIsYork.co.uk'' website.〕 His playing career ended after cartilage problems in 1984, and when he graduated in Leeds as a teacher, he started his career as a PE Teacher at Filey School then he took up a post as head of PE in Thirsk. At about this time, he started to get more involved in refereeing, first handling matches in the York and District Saturday League, then progressing to the Northern Counties East League.〔 After further promotions to the Football Combination and the Football Conference,〔 he was appointed as an assistant referee on the Football League list in 1991, and in 1992, he advanced to the Premier League assistants' list. This was bettered in 1994 when he received the call from FIFA to officiate for them as an assistant also.〔 In 1996, Messias became a Football League referee, and stepped up to the Premier League in season 2000–01, refereeing his first match on 16 December 2000 at Pride Park, when Derby County defeated Coventry City 1–0, thanks to a Malcolm Christie goal after 9 minutes.〔(First ever Premiership game ), Derby v. Coventry, 2000: soccerbase.com website.〕 He booked four players, including Christie for "simulation", although he later discovered that the player had not actually dived.〔 When Ipswich Town played Spurs in a Premier League match at Portman Road on 12 January 2002, Messias failed to finish the game due to a calf injury, fourth official Rob Styles taking over from him.〔(Calf injury ) during Ipswich v. Spurs, 2002: Daily Telegraph website.〕 It was not serious, and he was able to referee an FA Cup match four days later.〔(Injury recovery ) within four days for FA Cup match: soccerbase.com website.〕 In 2003, he was appointed to the list of FIFA referees. Also in that year, he moved to Barnsley from his previous home in York – he had married a Barnsley girl, and the couple had recently had a baby together.〔 And during a Premier League match between Newcastle United and Birmingham City at St James' Park on 30 August 2003, he accidentally struck the City midfielder Robbie Savage in the face with his elbow whilst signalling a free kick. Despite this, Savage finished the game, which Birmingham won 1–0.〔(Savage blow ) to Birmingham's Robbie at Newcastle: BBC.co.uk website.〕 On 24 May 2004, Messias was fourth official for Jeff Winter at the FA Cup Final, when Manchester United beat Millwall by 3–0 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.〔(Fourth official ), FA Cup Final, 2004: TheFA.com website.〕 He subsequently headed off to Germany for the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, and first handled two group matches – Italy versus Belarus on 27 May〔(UEFA Under-21 group match ) between Italy and Belarus: ''zerozero.eu'' website.〕 and Switzerland against Portugal on 30 May.〔(UEFA Under-21 group match ) between Switzerland and Portugal: ''zerozero.eu'' website.〕 Then, on 15 June 2004, he took charge of the competition semi-final between Sweden and Serbia & Montenegro at Oberhausen, which the latter country won 6–5 on penalties after a 0–0 draw following extra time.〔(UEFA Under-21 semi-final ) between Sweden and Serbia & Montenegro, 2004: UEFA.com Official website.〕 He then went on to officiate from the middle twice in the UEFA Cup in September 2004 – a first round tie between Banská Bystrica and Benfica, which the Portuguese side won 3–0,〔(UEFA Cup first round ), 2004, Banská Bystrica v. Benfica: UEFA.com Official website.〕 and a group stage match as Feyenoord defeated Schalke 04 by 2 goals to 1.〔(UEFA Cup group stage ), 2004, Feyenoord v. Schalke 04: UEFA.com Official website.〕 2005 was a mixed year for him; in April Messias was suspended for 14 days "for less than proficiently applying the Laws of the Game" according to the official Football Association website.〔(Suspended in 2005 ) for not applying Laws proficiently: TheFA.com website.〕 On 17 August 2005, he took control of a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match between FYR Macedonia and Finland at Skopje City Stadium, which the away side won 3–0.〔(2006 World Cup qualifier ), FYR Macedonia v. Finland, 2005: ''WorldReferee.com'' website.〕 In September 2005, he also refereed a UEFA Cup first round tie between F.C. Copenhagen and SV Hamburg.〔(UEFA Cup ) appointment, Copenhagen v. Hamburg, 2005: UEFA.com Official website.〕 In this match Messias was in focus again. He dismissed three players and the HSV coach. Furthermore, he booked 11 players and gave two doubtful penalties to HSV. The last one deep into injury time. In November 2005, Messias was rated fourth best referee in England by UEFA, who had regularly given him Club Competition appointments since 2004,〔(Fourth best referee in England ), according to UEFA, 2005: Sunday Mirror website article, via the ''FindArticles'' service.〕 despite by this time being completely overlooked for games in the Premiership. On 19 January 2006, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited announced that by mutual consent Messias would retire as a Select Group referee as from 1 February 2006.〔(Announcement ) of Messias leaving the Select Group of referees: TheFA.com website.〕 As it turned out, by the time of the announcement, he had already chosen his last game to referee in a top class competition, this being the FA Cup third round tie between West Bromwich Albion and Reading at the Hawthorns on 7 January 2006, which finished 1–1, courtesy of two penalties converted in the last eight minutes of the match by Zoltán Gera of West Brom and Kevin Doyle of Reading.〔(Last ever top class match ), West Brom v. Reading, FA Cup 3rd round, 2006: soccerbase.com website.〕 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「Matt Messias」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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