Meet The Ref – Bristol Rovers

Monday’s referee is Peter Walton from Northamptonshire; he has been a Football League ref since 1998 and became a Premiership referee in 2003. Peter Walton has taken charge of 18 Premiership games this season; he averages around 3 yellows per game and has sent off 5 players so far this season.

This will be Peter Walton’s first visit to the Liberty Stadium, his last home game being the 2-1 home win over Chester in 2000. He did take charge of the away win at Yeovil earlier in the season – he booked 3 Swansea players in that game

Guy Beale from Somerset and Roy Burton from Staffordshire will be the Assistant referees for our trip to Huish Park.

Stats so far this season:

37 Games,

112 Yellows,

5 Reds.

Games refereed vs Swansea:

Vs Shrewsbury (away)               98/99 Lost 1-0

Vs Chester        (home)              98/99 Drew 1-1

Vs Carlisle        (home)               99/00 Won 1-0

Vs Chester        (home)              99/00 Won 2-1

Vs Hartlepool   (away)               01/02 Lost 1-0

Vs Stevenage    (away – FLT)  02/03 Lost 2-1

Vs Mansfield    (away)    03/04 Drew 1-1

Vs Wycombe    (away)   04/05 Won 1-0

Vs Yeovil           (away)              07/08 Won 2-1