Succes 2011: Mark Clattenburg, arbitru FIFA care oficiază în Premier League

Mark Clattenburg is an English football referee, who operates in the Football League and the Premier League, and for FIFA. He is based in Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He trained as an electrician and is of part-Canadian ancestry.
Clattenburg became a FIFA referee in 2006, at the age of 30 - reaching this distinction earlier than any English referee in living memory. He refereed Alan Shearer's testimonial match on 11 May 2006; he is a Newcastle United fan, and therefore does not referee competitive games involving Newcastle. On 9 September 2006, he took charge of a qualifying match for the 2007 UEFA Under-17s Championship at the Gradski Stadium in Skopje between Macedonia and Denmark; the away side winning 3–0.

In 2004, he became a Select Group referee in the Premier League, and his debut match at this level was the 3–1 away win by Everton against Crystal Palace on 21 August of the same year.

Clattenburg was appointed to control both legs of the 2006–07 FA Youth Cup final, contested by Liverpool and Manchester United, firstly at Anfield on 16 April 2007 which United won 2-1, and then at Old Trafford on 26 April 2007 which Liverpool won 1-0. With the aggregate scores tied, Liverpool won the subsequent penalty shoot-out 4-3 after a goalless 30 minutes of extra time.

In 2008, Clattenburg was appointed to referee the FA Community Shield, with Dave Richardson and Ian Gosling assisting and Andre Marriner acting as fourth official. However, Clattenburg was later suspended from refereeing, pending an investigation into alleged debts incurred by companies to which he is connected. The match between Portsmouth and Manchester United took place at Wembley Stadium with Peter Walton as the replacement referee.

Following the investigation into his personal life and business debts, the referees' governing body dismissed Clattenburg, citing a breach of contract. He denied all the allegations and appealed the decision. On 18 February 2009 the Professional Game Match Officials Board reinstated Clattenburg as a Select Group referee. However, he had to serve an eight-month suspension, starting from his original suspension date of 6 August 2008. Upon his return from suspension on the last day of the Premier League season, Clattenburg refereed the fixture between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers.

Clattenburg's only involvement to date in a FIFA World Cup was as fourth official for the 2010 tournament qualifying match between Russia and Azerbaijan in Baku on 14 October 2009.

Succes 2011: Martin Atkinson, arbitru FIFA care oficiază în Premier League

Martin Atkinson (born 31 March 1971) is an English football referee who officiates in the Premier League and for FIFA.
Atkinson started his refereeing career at the relatively early age of 16 years old, as the local team did not have a referee to oversee matches. By 1998, he had been promoted to the Football League's list of assistant referees.

This was followed in 2000 by promotion to the Select Group of assistant referees. By December 2002 he was refereeing Football Conference matches, and also refereed the 2003 FA County Youth Cup final.

At the start of the 2003–04 season, Atkinson joined the national list of referees. He had the distinction of not sending off any player from the field of play between August 2004 and October 2005.

Only two years after his Conference debut, Atkinson was appointed to referee his first Premier League game, taking charge of the Manchester City-Birmingham City fixture on 20 April 2005, cautioning one player and awarding the home side a penalty kick in a 3–0 result.

During the three seasons between 2003 and 2006, Atkinson issued only eight red cards in 102 matches, an average of less than 0.08 per game.

In 2006 Atkinson was appointed to the list of FIFA referees.

The 2006-07 season saw Atkinson referee 42 matches in English football, his highest tally of appointments to date.
[edit] 2006 FA Community Shield

Atkinson refereed the 2006 FA Community Shield match at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, arguably his highest domestic appointment. Liverpool defeated Chelsea 2–1, with Atkinson issuing four yellow cards.
Atkinson was appointed to referee the 2008 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium, which was contested between Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United.

Atkinson's only international appointment to date was the 2010 FIFA World Cup UEFA group 4 qualifying game between Germany and Finland in Hamburg on 14 October 2009 which ended 1-1.
Atkinson issues a yellow card during a fixture between Birmingham City and Arsenal in 2010

During the 2008-09 season he refereed four UEFA Champions League games, including FC Zürich against Real Madrid and Inter Milan versus Dynamo Kiev.

In 2010 Atkinson was fourth official to Howard Webb for the Champions League final in Madrid.