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Revision as of 15:31, 9 April 2011
Template:Infobox football official 2 Kevin Friend (born 8 July 1971[1]) is an English football referee, based in Leicestershire, who generally officiates in the Premier League.
Career
Friend started refereeing at the age of 13 in his home county of Leicestershire. He officiated in the Leicestershire Senior League and Midland Football Alliance before being promoted to the National List of Referees, and later to the Select Group of Referees ahead of the 2009/10 season, taking charge of his first Premier League fixture on 20 September 2009, a 2-1 victory for Wolverhampton Wanderers over Fulham, with Friend issuing two yellow cards.
Friend issued his first Premier League red card on 15 December 2009 to Sunderland captain Lorik Cana for a second bookable offence in his team's 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa.
Friend refereed the 2009 FA Vase final at Wembley Stadium on 10 May between Whitley Bay and Glossop North End, won 2-0 by the Bay.
Criticisms
In February 2010, Portsmouth manager Avram Grant was charged by the FA with improper conduct for confronting Friend at half-time over a number of the official's decisions during his team's eventual 1-1 draw with Sunderland. Portsmouth had two penalty appeals disregarded by Friend, who earlier in the match had sent off Portsmouth's Ricardo Rocha and simultaneously awarded Sunderland a penalty. He went on to issue a further two red cards to Sunderland players Lee Cattermole and David Meyler.[2]
Friend came in for eminent criticism following his handling of a League One match on 10 April 2010 between Norwich City and Milton Keynes Dons. Friend issued 11 yellow cards, including two to Dons player Aaron Wilbraham, disallowed a 32nd-minute Norwich goal for a dubious foul on the goalkeeper, and failed to award an 82nd-minute penalty kick for Norwich for an apparent handball by Wilbraham prior to his sending off.[3]
On 27 November 2010, Friend was censured by Cardiff City manager Dave Jones for failing to award his team a late penalty in their 2-1 defeat at Queens Park Rangers.[4]
Career statistics
| Season | Games | Total  |
per game |
Total  |
per game
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/2004 | 27 | 98 | 3.63 | 4 | 0.15 |
| 2004/2005 | 37 | 107 | 2.89 | 7 | 0.19 |
| 2005/2006 | 21 | 45 | 2.14 | 2 | 0.09 |
| 2006/2007 | 34 | 87 | 2.56 | 6 | 0.18 |
| 2007/2008 | 41 | 100 | 2.44 | 11 | 0.27 |
| 2008/2009 | 46 | 124 | 2.69 | 6 | 0.13 |
| 2009/2010 | 14 | 48 | 3.43 | 1 | 0.07 |
(There are no available records prior to 1997/1998)
References
- ^ Birthdate confirmation at the Football League official website. Retrieved on 26 March 2008.
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1250280/Portsmouth-boss-Avram-Grant-charged-FA-half-time-rant-referee-Kevin-Friend-Sunderland.html
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article7094365.ece
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/9235264.stm
External links
- Kevin Friend Profile at Refworld.com
- [1] at Soccerbase.com