Wolverhampton Vs Liverpool | No major refereeing incidents

Date of Game: Tuesday 26th January 2010

Home Team: Wolverhampton Wanderers | Away Team: Liverpool

Referee: Peter Walton | Linesman: Rob Lewis & Phil Sharp

Summary: From the highlights I've seen, there was very little incident of any description in this game. The third and final 'clean sheet' of the night.

Cheers,
WB

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Special mention to Peter Walton - Fitness

In a season where the fitness of referees has been called into question quite publicly, I wanted to highlight referee Walton's position for the Steven Pienaar goal in the Arsenal Vs Everton game. A sweeping counter attack for Everton left almost everyone behind as Pienaar raced through to delicately lob the ball over Almunia. Peter Walton was one of the very few people anywhere near the incident; arriving at the edge of the penalty area as Pienaar finished with aplomb.

It was early enough in the game that you would expect the referee to have plenty of energy however, it was the pace of the attack and the ability of Walton to keep up with play whilst keeping out of the way of all players that impressed me.

Well played Mr Walton.

Cheers,
WB

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Arsenal Vs Everton | Saha offside

Description of incident: At the second attempt Saha put the ball over the line...just.  Manuel Almunia's attempts to claw it away were in vain.

Date of Game: Saturday 9th January 2010

Home Team: Arsenal | Away Team: Everton

Referee: Peter Walton | Linesman: Nigel Bannister & Simon Beck

Decision Type: Offside | Verdict: | Decision Difficulty: 1/5

Affect on Result: N/A | Winner: Arsenal | Loser: Everton

Players Involved: Louis Saha (Everton) & Manuel Almunia (Arsenal)

Summary: This was a really easy decision, Saha was so far offside. However, I have included it because Saha eventually put the ball over the line which means the decision disallowed a goal and if Saha thought he might get away with it then it qualifies.

Cheers,
WB

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