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Martin Atkinson

1971 - Today

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Martin Atkinson (born 31 March 1971) is an English referee coach and retired professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League. He is a member of the West Riding County Football Association.Atkinson made his first appearance as an official in the Football League as an assistant referee in 1995. Since he was promoted to the list of Select Group Referees in 2004 he refereed a number of notable matches, including the FA Community Shield and the finals of the FA Trophy, Football League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Europa League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Atkinson has received more than 599,988 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Atkinson is the 56th most popular referee (down from 54th in 2019), the 5,295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,886th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Referee.

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  • 600k

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  • 39.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Martin Atkinson ranks 56 out of 107Before him are Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Deniz Aytekin, Sergei Karasev, Toru Kamikawa, Ryuji Sato, and Khalil Al Ghamdi. After him are Szymon Marciniak, Martin Hansson, Graham Poll, Nawaf Shukralla, Sandro Ricci, and Janny Sikazwe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Martin Atkinson ranks 389Before him are Euller, MF Doom, Gregor Fučka, Joachim Björklund, Twiggy Ramirez, and Yoshitoshi ABe. After him are Martin Hansson, Vitālijs Astafjevs, Peter Fox, Viscera, Matthieu Chedid, and Shane Mosley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Atkinson ranks 5,295 out of 7,765Before him are Zuleikha Robinson (1977), Rupert Keegan (1955), Trevor Brooking (1948), John Curry (1949), Brian Cox (1968), and Gillian Gilbert (1961). After him are Cleo Laine (1927), John Waite (1952), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), Mary Rand (1940), Raquel Cassidy (1968), and Arthur Owen (1915).

Among REFEREES In United Kingdom

Among referees born in United Kingdom, Martin Atkinson ranks 3Before him are Howard Webb (1971) and Jack Taylor (1930). After him are Graham Poll (1963), Mark Clattenburg (1975), Mike Dean (1968), Anthony Taylor (1978), Michael Oliver (1985), Craig Thomson (1972), Andre Marriner (1971), and Willie Collum (1979).