Home » Authors » Peter Walton

Peter Walton

3 Articles
Peter Walton is a former English Premier League referee. He officiated his first Football League match in 1986 and quickly established himself as a competent and composed referee. His big break came in 2003 when he was promoted to the prestigious Premier League referee panel. Walton's career achievements and highlights include officiating the 2005 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Manchester United and major UEFA competitions and FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He played a pivotal part in the implementation of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in the Premier League. Since retiring from active refereeing in 2012, Peter Walton worked as a referee analyst for BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League.

Articles by Peter Walton (3)

Peter Walton SBS Thumbnail

In an exclusive interview with SafeBettingSites.com, former Premier League referee Peter Walton provides his opinion on refereeing decisions for the opening weekend of English top flight football. Walton also explains that Kane wasn’t given leniency by Premier League referees for being the England Captain and expects the no.9 to get the same amount of decisions …

Read More
Peter Walton SBS Thumbnail

In an exclusive interview with SafeBettingSites, former Premier League referee Peter Walton gives his opinion on refereeing decisions from the Liverpool game in which he believes Mac Allister was right to get a yellow card for imitating the yellow card gesture towards the referee. When using the quotes below, please link to – https://www.safebettingsites.com/ Use …

Read More
Untitled design (52)

In an exclusive interview with SafeBettingSites, former Premier League referee Peter Walton provides his opinion on refereeing standards in the UK and also believes refs should be given the opportunity to explain their decisions after the game. Walton also disagrees with fellow ex referee Graham Poll and that sending players off for time wasting will turn …

Read More