Peter Jones (referee)
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Peter Jones) is an English
football
referee, who retired from officiating at the end of the 2001-02
season. He lives in Quorn
, near Loughborough
, Leicestershire
, and works as a referee assessor.
himself in a local club match in 1971 after he had seen a friend refereeing. He would then go on to officiate in the North Leicestershire League
, Midland Intermediate League (dissolved 1988) and eventually the Southern League
.
He was promoted to the Football League
list of referees in 1988, and he progressed to the FA Premier League list of referees in 1994. In 1996 Jones became a FIFA
referee, where he gained wide international experience.
He was then chosen to handle the Charity Shield
match at Wembley on 3 August 1997, between Manchester United
and Chelsea
, which United won 4-3 on penalties
after a 1-1 scoreline at 90 minutes. At the end of the same season, he was appointed to control the Football League Cup Final between Chelsea and Middlesbrough
on 29 March 1998, also at Wembley, the 'Blues' being victorious by 2 goals to nil (Frank Sinclair
and Roberto Di Matteo
both scoring in extra time).
On the 13 February 1999, Jones was involved in an incident which caused an unprecedented decision to be taken, regarding the ordering of a match to be replayed in its entirety.
He was officiating in the FA Cup
fifth round tie involving Arsenal
and Sheffield United
at Highbury
. The score was locked at 1-1 when an away team player was injured, and a team-mate kicked the ball out of play (as is an accepted convention) for a throw-in
to Arsenal. Unfortunately, rather than the ball being thrown to a Sheffield United player in the sportsman-like response which is the norm, the ball found its way to Nwankwo Kanu
of Arsenal, who passed it to his colleague Marc Overmars
. Overmars promptly scored, to make the final result 2-1 to the home side.
Although Jones was unable to disallow the goal for a legitimate reason according to the Laws, the Football Association
ordered the game to be replayed (on 23 February 1999, when Arsenal won by an identical scoreline ), to the satisfaction of all parties, including Sepp Blatter
of FIFA
.
He was also the referee for the competition Final of the same year, where Manchester United defeated Newcastle United
2-0, the goals coming from Teddy Sheringham
and Paul Scholes
.
In the year 2000, he accepted a Master of Arts, honoris causa (Honorary Graduand), degree from Professor
John Dawkins at Loughborough University
.
On 19 April 2001, he began to help promote the Scout Survival Skills Badge, in conjunction with a leading sports whistle manufacturer. He is a former Cub Scout
himself.
On 27 April 2002, he took charge of his final game on the Premiership referees' list, between Tottenham
and Liverpool
, which ended 1-0 to 'Spurs' courtesy of a goal by Gus Poyet
.
He has been a member of the UEFA
Referees Observers Panel since 2002. In the same year, he travelled with other officials to Kabul
, Afghanistan
, to referee an ISAF
team versus an Afghan
Representative team, named "Kabul
United", on 15 February, after cessation of hostilities.
Since the year 2003, he has officiated in the national six-a-side tournaments called Masters Football
, referees for which are FA
endorsed. This competition features ex-professional footballers chosen by the PFA, and is televised on Sky TV
.
In his working capacity with Leicester City Football Club, he has been involved in the 'Foxes Against Racism' Campaign 2003-2004, and the 'National Literacy Trust
' since 2006.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
referee, who retired from officiating at the end of the 2001-02
2001-02 in English football
The 2001-02 season was the 122nd season of competitive football in England.-Arsenal cruise to title glory:In what had earlier been one of the most closely fought Premiership title races for years, Arsenal won the championship by seven points. Their crown was won in the penultimate game of the...
season. He lives in Quorn
Quorn, Leicestershire
Quorn is a village in Leicestershire, England, situated next to the university town of Loughborough. Quorn's name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, a few miles away. Its original name is said to derive...
, near Loughborough
Loughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, and works as a referee assessor.
Career
After appearing as a player in the Leicester City Mutual League, he first took up the whistleWhistle
A whistle or call is a simple aerophone, an instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means...
himself in a local club match in 1971 after he had seen a friend refereeing. He would then go on to officiate in the North Leicestershire League
North Leicestershire Football League
The North Leicestershire League is a football competition based in Leicestershire, England. This league was established in 1931 and was formerly known as the Loughborough and District Amateur Football Alliance. It has a total of five divisions, the highest of which, the Premier Division, is a...
, Midland Intermediate League (dissolved 1988) and eventually the Southern League
Southern Football League
The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...
.
He was promoted to the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
list of referees in 1988, and he progressed to the FA Premier League list of referees in 1994. In 1996 Jones became a FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
referee, where he gained wide international experience.
He was then chosen to handle the Charity Shield
FA Community Shield
The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition...
match at Wembley on 3 August 1997, between Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
and Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
, which United won 4-3 on penalties
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
after a 1-1 scoreline at 90 minutes. At the end of the same season, he was appointed to control the Football League Cup Final between Chelsea and Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
on 29 March 1998, also at Wembley, the 'Blues' being victorious by 2 goals to nil (Frank Sinclair
Frank Sinclair
Frank Mohammed Sinclair is an English-born Jamaican footballer who plays for Hendon in the Isthmian League Premier Division.-Chelsea:...
and Roberto Di Matteo
Roberto Di Matteo
Roberto Di Matteo is a Swiss-born Italian former professional footballer and the current assistant manager of Chelsea. As a midfielder, he enjoyed spells at Schaffhausen, Zürich Aarau, Lazio, and Chelsea. He was capped by Italy 34 times, scoring two goals for the Italian national team, and played...
both scoring in extra time).
On the 13 February 1999, Jones was involved in an incident which caused an unprecedented decision to be taken, regarding the ordering of a match to be replayed in its entirety.
He was officiating in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
fifth round tie involving Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
and Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
at Highbury
Arsenal Stadium
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, North London, which was the home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006...
. The score was locked at 1-1 when an away team player was injured, and a team-mate kicked the ball out of play (as is an accepted convention) for a throw-in
Throw-in
A throw-in is a method of restarting play in a game of Association football.-Procedure:The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line. The throw-in is taken by the opponents of the player who last touched the ball when it crossed the touch-line, either on the ground or...
to Arsenal. Unfortunately, rather than the ball being thrown to a Sheffield United player in the sportsman-like response which is the norm, the ball found its way to Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu
Nwankwo Kanu, OON , or simply Kanu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays for Portsmouth. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010...
of Arsenal, who passed it to his colleague Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars
Marc Overmars is a retired Dutch footballer. He is best known as a right-footed left winger, although he is able to use both his feet with equal precision and power...
. Overmars promptly scored, to make the final result 2-1 to the home side.
Although Jones was unable to disallow the goal for a legitimate reason according to the Laws, the Football Association
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
ordered the game to be replayed (on 23 February 1999, when Arsenal won by an identical scoreline ), to the satisfaction of all parties, including Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
Joseph S. Blatter , commonly known as Sepp Blatter, is a Swiss football administrator, who serves as the 8th and current President of FIFA . He was elected on 8 June 1998, succeeding João Havelange. He was re-elected as President in 2002, 2007, and 2011...
of FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
.
He was also the referee for the competition Final of the same year, where Manchester United defeated Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
2-0, the goals coming from Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
and Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes is a retired English footballer, a one-club man who played his entire professional career for Manchester United.Born in Salford, but later moving to Langley, Scholes excelled in both cricket and football in school. He first trained with Manchester United at the age of 14 after being...
.
In the year 2000, he accepted a Master of Arts, honoris causa (Honorary Graduand), degree from Professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
John Dawkins at Loughborough University
Loughborough University
Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
.
On 19 April 2001, he began to help promote the Scout Survival Skills Badge, in conjunction with a leading sports whistle manufacturer. He is a former Cub Scout
Cub Scout
A Cub Scout is a member of the section of the worldwide Scouting movement for young persons, mainly boys normally aged about 7 to 11. In some countries they are known by their original name of Wolf Cubs and are often referred to simply as Cubs. The movement is often referred to simply as Cubbing...
himself.
On 27 April 2002, he took charge of his final game on the Premiership referees' list, between Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
and Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
, which ended 1-0 to 'Spurs' courtesy of a goal by Gus Poyet
Gustavo Poyet
Gustavo Augusto Gus Poyet Domínguez is a former Uruguay international footballer and current manager of English side Brighton & Hove Albion.During his playing career, Poyet featured for teams including Real Zaragoza, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur....
.
He has been a member of the UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
Referees Observers Panel since 2002. In the same year, he travelled with other officials to Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, to referee an ISAF
International Security Assistance Force
The International Security Assistance Force is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 by Resolution 1386 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement...
team versus an Afghan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
Representative team, named "Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
United", on 15 February, after cessation of hostilities.
Since the year 2003, he has officiated in the national six-a-side tournaments called Masters Football
Masters football
Masters football is a 6 a-side indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 are chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a senior club which they played for. Regional heats are held, and the winners of each go forward to a national...
, referees for which are FA
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
endorsed. This competition features ex-professional footballers chosen by the PFA, and is televised on Sky TV
British Sky Broadcasting
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....
.
In his working capacity with Leicester City Football Club, he has been involved in the 'Foxes Against Racism' Campaign 2003-2004, and the 'National Literacy Trust
National Literacy Trust
The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity based in London, England, that promotes literacy.It was founded by Sir Simon Hornby, former chairman of the major national retail chain, WHSmith PLC...
' since 2006.
External links
- Peter Jones Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com
- David EllerayDavid EllerayDavid Roland Elleray , is an English former football referee, who officiated in the Football League, the FA Premier League and for FIFA.-Career:...
describes Peter Jones as one of his 'biggest influences'.