Michael Oliver started refereeing at fourteen years of age with the Morpeth Sunday League was his first taste of refeering in senior football. He reached the National List of assistants in 2004 and the National List of Referees aged 22 years in 2007, joining his father Clive on the Referees list. He became the youngest National List match official to referee at Wembley when refereeing the Conference Play Off Final in May 2007 as Morecambe beat Exeter.
He made his League debut as a referee in a 3-1 victory for
His last match was in front of almost 60,000 spectators at Wembley when he took charge of the League One Play Off Final as
Michael Oliver will take charge of his fourth
His last match officiating the Robins was a 2-0 home win against
Card record:
Season | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
2008/09 | 101 | 5 |
2007/08 | 73 | 6 |
2006/07 | 26 | 3 |
His assistants on Saturday are Simon Bennett of Staffordshire and Andrew Hutchinson of
Michael Oliver and
Date: | Result: | PNE Goalscorers: | Cards: | PNE Cards: |
03/05/09 | PNE 2 QPR 1 | Parkin /St.Ledger | 4 | Jones / St.Ledger |
28/10/08 | PNE 2 | Jones / Wallace | Nil | Nil |
26/02/08 | PNE 2 Stoke 0 | Chaplow 2 | 5 | Sedgwick |