- Paul Alcock
infobox football official
name = Paul Alcock
fullname = Paul E Alcock
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1953|10|27
cityofbirth =Redhill, Surrey
countryofbirth =England
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years = 1982–19881988–19951995–2002
league = Football LeagueFootball LeaguePremier League
role = Asst. refereeRefereeReferee
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–Paul E. Alcock (born
October 27 ,1953 [ [http://www.zerozero.eu/uk/arbitro.php?id=895 Birthdate confirmation] : "zerozero.eu" website. Retrieved onMarch 25 2008 .] ) is an English former football referee, who operated in the English Football League andPremier League . He was based originally in the Redhill area before later moving toHalstead, Kent .Career
He became a Football League linesman in 1982 at the age of twenty eight. He then spent six years at this level before progressing to full referee status. He did not make the Premier League in its early years, but he did join its list in 1995.
His first appointment to this competition was the 2–1 home win by Coventry City over Manchester City at Highfield Road on
August 23 1995 . [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=276216 First Premiership match] , 1995:soccerbase .com website. Retrieved onMarch 25 2008 .]On
September 26 1998 came the incident for which his career is still most remembered. In a match between Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal at Hillsborough, he was pushed over by home team strikerPaolo Di Canio after having issued the player with a red card. Di Canio was given an extended ban for his actions. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/199527.stm Paulo Di Canio incident] , Sheffield Wednesday v. Arsenal match:BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved onMarch 25 2008 .] Alcock continued refereeing Premiership matches without pause, although he was dropped from the Premier League list two years later, his final match in that competition being the 0–0 draw between Liverpool and Southampton atAnfield onMay 7 2000 . [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=282367 Final Premiership match] , 2000: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved onMarch 25 2008 .] He returned to refereeing in the Football League, where he spent his final two seasons, retiring after the Norwich City versus Stockport County match inDivision One onApril 21 2002 . [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=360203 Last ever top-class match] before retirement in 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved onMarch 25 2008 .]Alcock is currently manager of the Mall shopping centre in
Maidstone . [ [http://www.themall.co.uk/my-mall/maidstone/shoppers-info.aspx Manger of shopping centre]References
Print
*Football League Handbooks, 1982-1988
*Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1988-2002Internet
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=118 Paul Alcock Referee Statistics] at
soccerbase .com
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