In charge of this game and traveling over the big hill with us is 36 year old, scouser Peter Bankes.
The Liverpool based official began refereeing in 1996, aged 14 whilst he was a pupil at Bootle High School, he was subsequently appointed to the Football League Referees List in 2014, prior to which he spent two years as a Select Group Assistant Referee.
During his time as an assistant ref (lino) our paths crossed in the most auspicious of circumstances, Bankes ran the line of our FA Cup Semi Final against Millwall in April 2013.
As a whistle blower he refereed the National League Promotion Final at Wembley in 2014. In his 2 seasons on the referees list he has refereed two Play-Off Final Semi Finals and was the Fourth Official on the FA Vase Final at Wembley in May 2016.
Bankesy is a former Accounts Manager.
At the tender age of 34 and with just two years experience of being the man in the middle Bankes was promoted to the Select Group 2 professional referees body, he must be regarded in high places, but so was Stuart Atwell, hopefully he will give a restrained performance on Tuesday, we don’t want the Millers using the referee as an excuse when we beat them.
In the interests of fairness I will leave a final word on Peter Bankes from ex Premier League referee and Middlesbrough fan Jeff Winter, following a Boro v Fulham game recently – ”For me, one of the league’s most promising young referees, Peter Bankes did nothing to harm his emerging reputation.
"His second visit to the Riverside showed him in total control throughout and his positioning meant he was always close to the action.”
Peter Bankes Card Watch 2017/18
Games – 42
Yellows – 156
Reds – 8
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