Full name Paul E. Alcock 1995–2000 Premier League Years League 2000–2002 Football League | 1982–1988 Football League Name Paul Alcock 1988–1995 Football League Role Referee | |
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Born 27 October 1953 (age 70)
Redhill, Surrey, England ( 1953-10-27 ) | ||
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Paul E. Alcock (born 27 October 1953) is a retired English football referee, who operated in the English Football League and Premier League. He was based originally in the Redhill area before later moving to Halstead, Kent.
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- Paolo di canio pushes the ref football flashback no10 paul alcock parody funny cartoon
- Di Canios Super Funny Sending Off Push On Referee
- Career
- References
Di Canio's Super Funny Sending Off & Push On Referee
Career
Alcock 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 joined the Premier League 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 23 August 1995.
On 26 September 1998, in a match between Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal at Hillsborough, he was pushed over by home team striker Paolo Di Canio after having issued the player with a red card. Di Canio was given an extended ban of 11 matches for his actions. Alcock continued refereeing Premier League matches without pause. His final match in that competition being the 0–0 draw between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on 7 May 2000. He returned to refereeing in the Football League, where he spent his final two seasons, retiring after the Norwich City versus Stockport County match in Division One on 21 April 2002.
