Blade Runner

Feature by Ob790
Updated Saturday, 6th February 2010

Eddie Ilderton from Tyne & Wear will take charge of his second Deepdale match of the season as Sheffield United visit Preston.

Eddie Ilderton started referring in the Northern Alliance and Northern League. He was encouraged to become a referee by his father when his playing career was curtailed due to injury, his father was a contributory league referee.

He joined the National List of Referees in 2002/03 and made his refereeing league debut on 10 August 2002 when Rochdale beat Leyton Orient 1-0. In 2002 he was appointed to the Football League Play Off Semi Finals and FA Youth Cup Final, both as an assistant referee. In 2003 he was officiated as a referee at the UEFA Regions’ Cup Finals, and also at an FA Trophy Semi Final.

Referring Record:

Season:	Matches:	Yellow Cards:	Red Cards:
2009/10	23	64	4
2008/09	-	-	-
2007/08	30	66	3
2006/07	34	100	9
2005/06	36	84	4
2004/05	27	53	5
2003/04	31	91	4
2002/03	29	64	3

Eddie Ilderton’s last match Nottingham Forest’s 5-0 win over Q.P.R. on 26 January. His last Blades match was their 3-3 home draw against Ipswich on 29 September 2009.

Eddie Ilderton & PNE:

Date:	Match:	PNE Goalscorers:	Cards:	PNE Cards:
12/09/09	PNE 2 Swansea 0	Mellor; Elliott	5Y/0R	Elliott; St.Ledger
26/04/08	PNE 2 Ipswich 2	Brown; Mellor	nil	nil
15/09/07	PNE 1 Sheff Wed 0	Gallagher	4Y/0R	Gallagher; Mawene
09/09/06	PNE 2 Cardiff 1	Agyemang; Pugh	3Y/2R	Nugent (Yellow & Red)
14/03/06	PNE 3 Ipswich 1	Nugent 2; Agyemang	3Y/1R	Mawene
31/1/06	PNE 2 C.Palace 0	Ormerod; O’Neil	7Y/0R	Davis;Nugent;O’Neil
10/12/05	Derby 1 PNE 1	Davis	4Y/0R	Alexander; Jones; Mears; Neal
13/01/04	Reading 1 PNE 2	Cresswell; Koumantarakis	nil	nil
03/01/04	PNE 3 Reading 3	O’Neil; Fuller 2	2Y/0R	Healy
06/12/03	PNE 4 C.Palace 1	Etuhu; Alexander (pen); Lewis; Healy	2Y/1R	Etuhu
01/12/02	PNE 3 Gillingham 0	Lewis; Alexander (pen); Ashby (og)	2Y/0R	Lucketti