- Andre Marriner
infobox football official
name = Andre Marriner
| fullname = Andre Marriner
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|1|1
cityofbirth =Birmingham , West Midlands
countryofbirth =England
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years = ? - ? ? - ? 2000-20032003-20052005-
league = Birmingham Amateur Football LeagueSouthern Football League Football LeagueFootball LeaguePremier League
role = RefereeRefereeAssistant referee RefereeReferee
internationalyears = -
confederation = -
internationalrole = -Andre Marriner (born
1 January 1971 [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0,,10794~628215,00.html Profile and birthdate] confirmation:the Football League official website.] ) is an English Football referee who officiates in thePremier League , and is based in Sheldon,Birmingham .Career
He first began refereeing in 1992, and progressed via the Birmingham Amateur Football League and the Southern League to become a Football League
assistant referee in the year 2000.His appointment to the Football League List of referees took place in 2003, and he was given his first Premiership match on
13 November 2004 - the 4-0 home win by Charlton Athletic over Norwich City. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=437872 First ever Premier League match] :soccerbase .com website.]Marriner was added to the Select Group of referees in 2005. [ [http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enRefereesProfile&id=1617255&type=com.fapl.website.stories.SimpleStories&categoryCode=Referees Profile] : the
Premier League Official website.] In the same year, he refereed theFA Youth Cup Final between Southampton and Ipswich Town, when Ipswich triumphed by 3 goals to 2. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAYouthCup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/04/FAYouthCupFinal_2ndLegReport.htm FA Youth Cup Final 2005] , referee: TheFA.com website.]Marriner was appointed as fourth official for The FA
Community Shield on9 August 2008 . The match, between 2008FA Cup winnersPortsmouth and 2007/2008Premier League championsManchester United took place atWembley Stadium . The match was due to be refereed by fellowPremier League officialMark Clattenburg , however following his suspensionPeter Walton took charge of the game. His assistants were Dave Richardson and Ian Gosling. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACommunityShield/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2008/06/Clattenburg_FACS.htm FA Community Shield Appointment Confirmation] 'from theFA.com']On the 20th September, Marriner wrongly ruled out what would have been Steven Gerrard's 100th goal for Liverpool in the opening minutes of Liverpool's match against Stoke City in which the Liverpool manager
Rafa Benitez criticised it as "a massive error". The Linesman had lifted his flag forDirk Kuyt standing in an Offside position, however video footage later prooved that Kuyt was not offside. Tony Pulis the Stoke City manager admitted also that his side got lucky over the decision. Liverpool would go on to draw the game 0-0 with their opponents.Career statistics
References
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=831 Andre Marriner Referee Statistics] at
soccerbase .com
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