Paul Alcock

Paul E. Alcock (27 October 1953 – 29 January 2018)^[1][2] was an 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.

Paul Alcock

Full name	Paul E. Alcock
Born	(1953-10-27)27 October 1953 Redhill, Surrey, England
Died	29 January 2018(2018-01-29) (aged 64)
Domestic
Years	League	Role
1982–1988	Football League	Asst. referee
1988–1995	Football League	Referee
1995–2000	Premier League	Referee
2000–2002	Football League	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
—	—	—

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Following his retirement from refereeing, Alcock was manager of a shopping centre in Maidstone, Kent, for seventeen years before stepping down in 2014.^[7]

Alcock died of cancer on 29 January 2018.^[2]

References

Print

• Football League Handbooks, 1982–1988
• Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1988–2002

Internet

1. Birthdate confirmation. zerozero.eu. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
2. "Former Premier League referee Paul Alcock dies aged 64". The Guardian. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
3. First Premiership match.1995: Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
4. Paulo Di Canio incident, Sheffield Wednesday v. Arsenal match: BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
5. Final Premiership match, 2000: Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
6. Last ever top-class match before retirement in 2002: Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
7. "Maidstone shopping centre manager Paul Alcock who famously clashed with Paolo Di Canio to take early retirement ahead of £100m revamp plans". Kent Online. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

External links

• Paul Alcock referee stats at Soccerbase