1971 - Today
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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Among referees, Martin Atkinson ranks 56 out of 107. Before 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.
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 50
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 51
1979 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 52
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.48
Rank: 53
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.44
Rank: 54
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 55
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 56
1981 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 57
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 58
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 59
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 60
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 61
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 62
Among people born in 1971, Martin Atkinson ranks 389. Before 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.
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 383
1971 - 2020
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 384
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 385
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 386
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.20
Rank: 387
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 388
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 389
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 390
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 391
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.95
Rank: 392
1971 - 2014
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 393
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.92
Rank: 394
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 395
Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Atkinson ranks 5,295 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 5,289
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 5,290
1948 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5,291
1949 - 1994
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5,292
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5,293
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5,294
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5,295
1927 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5,296
1952 - Present
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 5,297
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,298
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,299
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,300
1915 - 2002
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 5,301
Among referees born in United Kingdom, Martin Atkinson ranks 3. Before 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).
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 1
1930 - 2012
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 2
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 4
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 5
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.79
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.46
Rank: 7
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.34
Rank: 8
1972 - Present
HPI: 27.11
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 23.91
Rank: 10
1979 - Present
HPI: 21.08
Rank: 11