Alan Wiley

Personal information
Full name	Alan G Wiley
Date of birth	27 May 1960 (1960-05-27) (age 49)
Place of birth	Burntwood, Staffordshire, England
Domestic
Years	League	Role
? -1991 1991-1994 1994-1995 1995-1999 1999-	West Midlands (Regional) League Football League Premier League Football League Premier League	Referee Asst. referee Asst. referee Referee Referee
International
Years	League	Role
-	-	-

Alan G. Wiley (born 27 May 1960^[1]) is an English football referee in the FA Premier League, and he is based in Burntwood, Staffordshire.

Contents 1 Career 2 Career statistics 3 Trivia 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Career

Wiley first took up the whistle in 1981, then officiated in the West Midlands (Regional) League until 1991, when he became an assistant referee on the Football League List. In 1994, he was promoted to the FA Premier League List of assistant referees, and a year later progressed to the Football League referees' List.

In 1998, Wiley refereed the FA Women's Cup Final, when Arsenal beat Croydon 3-2.^[2] Wiley made the step up to full Premier League referee in 1999, taking charge of his first match on 11 August 1999 at The Dell between Southampton and Leeds United, which the away side won 3-0.^[3] In the year 2000, he was fourth official for the FA Cup Final at Wembley, where Chelsea defeated Aston Villa by 1 goal to nil, courtesy of a Roberto Di Matteo goal after 73 minutes.^[4]

He has subsequently been given the honour of refereeing two Football League Cup semi-finals (2003 and 2006), but his first prestige men's game as man-in-the-middle was the Community Shield match at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Arsenal and Liverpool on 11 August 2002. The London side ran out 1-0 winners, thanks to a Gilberto Silva goal in the second half.^[1]

Wiley was the referee for the 2005-06 Carling Cup final between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic, also at the Millennium Stadium - United winning 4-0.^[5]

He then took charge of the FA Cup Final on 13 May 2006 when Liverpool played West Ham United, at the same venue. Mike Dean was originally appointed to referee the game but the Football Association took the unusual step of replacing him after concerns were raised about his ability to be impartial towards Liverpool, who are based near Dean's home town on Merseyside.^[6] In the game, Liverpool triumphed on penalties by 3-1, the score at the end of extra time being 3 goals each.^[7]

He currently holds an FA Preliminary Coaching Badge.^[8]

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Wiley was on the receiving end of an Alex Ferguson tirade following Manchester United's loss to Chelsea on 26 April 2008, when Chelsea were awarded a penalty for handball. Manchester United's bench claimed the ball had hit midfielder Michael Carrick on the shoulder, however the penalty was awarded by assistant referee Glenn Turner, and was scored to give Chelsea a 2-1 lead.

On 24 May 2008, Wiley took charge of the Championship Playoff Final between Hull City and Bristol City at Wembley Stadium, a match which Hull City won.

Wiley officiated the match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on 14 March 2009, in which he awarded 2 penalty kicks (one to Manchester United and one to Liverpool,) as well as a red card to United's Nemanja Vidic. Commentator Andy Gray said on Sky Sports's TV commentary, following Vidic's dismissal that, "Alan Wiley, in my opinion, has got all the big decisions (today) right." Liverpool's Fabio Aurelio would score the resulting free-kick, putting his team up 3-1 in a match they won by a final scoreline of 4-1.

On 15 August 2009, he had the honour of refereeing the first game of the new Premier League season between Chelsea F.C. and Hull City A.F.C., Chelsea ran out 2-1 winners respectively.

On 3 October 2009 Sir Alex Ferguson launched a scathing attack on Wiley in a post-match interview following Manchester United's 2-2 draw against Sunderland, complaining that Wiley was 'not fit enough for a game of that standard' and accused Wiley of 'walking up the pitch for the second goal needing a rest'. Ferguson has since apologised for the comments but stated that the overall fitness of referees in the Premier League needs to be addressed.

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Games	Total	per game	Total	per game
1997/1998	41	126	3.07	4	0.10
1998/1999	40	158	3.95	7	0.18
1999/2000	34	101	2.97	3	0.09
2000/2001	40	124	3.10	2	0.05
2001/2002	34	90	2.65	3	0.09
2002/2003	35	99	2.83	5	0.14
2003/2004	28	93	3.32	3	0.11
2004/2005	32	78	2.44	5	0.16
2005/2006	44	142	3.23	7	0.16
2006/2007	42	135	3.21	4	0.09
2007/2008	40	125	3.12	3	0.07
2008/2009	6	17	2.83	1	0.16

(There are no available records prior to 1997/1998)

[edit] Trivia

• He is often seen attending his local football team Chasetown FC, who shot to fame by beating Port Vale in the FA Cup 2nd round and playing Cardiff City in the 3rd round proper. They became the lowest ever ranked club to reach as far as the third round proper of the FA Cup.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alan Wiley Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com
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Preceded by Steve Dunn	FA Trophy Final 2001	Succeeded by Neale Barry
Preceded by Andy D'Urso	FA Community Shield 2002	Succeeded by Steve Bennett
Preceded by Steve Bennett	Carling Cup Final 2006	Succeeded by Howard Webb
Preceded by Rob Styles	FA Cup Final 2006	Succeeded by Steve Bennett