Keith Stroud

infobox football official
name = Keith Stroud


fullname = Keith P Stroud
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|8|12
cityofbirth = Gillingham, Dorset
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
otheroccupation =
years = ? - ?
? -2004
2000-2002
2002-2004
2004-2007
2007-
league = Wessex League
Football Conference South
Football League
Premier League
Football League
Premier League
role = Referee
Referee
Asst. referee
Asst. referee
Referee
Referee
internationalyears = 2004-2007
confederation = FIFA listed
internationalrole = Asst. referee

Keith P. Stroud [ [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ListOfOfficialsDetail/0,,10794~684504,00.html Middle initial] : the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.] (born August 12 1969 [http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0,,10794~628215,00.html Profile] : the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.] ) is an English football referee, who officiates in the FA Premier League. He comes from Gillingham, Dorset. [http://archive.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/2003/4/17/50599.html Confirming] his place of residence, and his having officiated in the Wessex League: archived report from the "HampshireChronicle.co.uk" website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.]

Career

He first took up refereeing in 1988. He progressed via the Wessex League, becoming a National List assistant referee in the year 2000, and a Select Group assistant referee in 2002. Also in 2002, he was an assistant referee for the old Division Three play-off final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Cheltenham and Rushden & Diamonds. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=361372 Division Three play-off final] , 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.]

Stroud was appointed as one of the assistant referees to Graham Barber during the FA Cup Final 2003, when Arsenal defeated Southampton by 1-0, again at the Millennium Stadium, on May 17 2003. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2003/04/45873.htm 2003 FA Cup Final] (assistant referee): TheFA.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.]

He was promoted from the Football Conference to the National List of referees in 2004, and became a FIFA assistant referee in the same year. His first Football League match in control was the League Two encounter between Cheltenham Town and Scunthorpe United at Whaddon Road on August 10 2004, which finished as a 2-0 away win. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=427813 First ever League match] : soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.] Also in that year, he was in charge of the Football Conference play-off final, once more at the Millennium Stadium, which saw Shrewsbury beat Aldershot 3-0 on penalties, following a 0-0 scoreline after extra time. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=427742 Shrewsbury v. Aldershot] , Football Conference play-off final, 2004: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.]

He handled a League One play-off semi-final first leg in 2006, [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=485947 League One play-off semi-final first leg] , 2006: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.] and a League Two play-off semi-final first leg in 2007. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=515677 League Two play-off semi-final first leg] , 2007: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.]

In season 2006-07, he was 'trialled' for the Premier League, being given the match on March 17 2007 between Middlesbrough and Manchester City at the Riverside Stadium, which City won 2-0. Stroud cautioned three players. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=512346 Premier League 'trial'] , Middlesbrough v. Manchester City, 2007: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.]

On July 26 2007, a Press release from the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, which employs Premier League referees full-time, stated that he had been included in the Select Group of 19 referees for season 2007-08. [ [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:XExi7_DVRvUJ:www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/c6/66/0,,12306~91846,00.pdf+%22lee+probert%22+referee&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=30&gl=uk Promotion to the Select Group] : PGMOL Press release (HTML cached version of a PDF document). Retrieved on March 23 2008.] At the same time, he stepped down from the FIFA list of assistant referees.

He is also currently the Referees' Development Manager for the Hampshire Football Association, being an associate member although living in Dorset. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Equality/Disability/Postings/2005/08/Flexibility_in_Hampshire.htm Confirming] his position as Referees' Development Manager for Hampshire FA: TheFA.com website. Retrieved on March 23 2008.]

Career statistics

References

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=885 Keith Stroud Referee Statistics] at soccerbase.com