Stuart Attwell
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| Full name | Stuart Steven Attwell | ||
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| Born |
6 October 1982 Nuneaton, England |
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2007–2016 | The Football League | Referee | |
| 2008–2012; 2016– | Premier League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | ||
| 2009– | Referee | ||
Stuart Steven Attwell (born 6 October 1982) is an English football referee from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, who officiates primarily in the Premier League.
Attwell made a prominent debut in 2008 as the youngest person ever to referee in the Premier League but was demoted from the Select Group in February 2012, returning to refereeing in the Football League.
Attwell graduated from Staffordshire University in 2004. Refereeing had been a lifelong ambition for him, according to his father. Attwell worked his way up from local games to non-League football, then to the West Midlands League and the Football League.
His promotion to Football League refereeing came ahead of the 2007–08 season, officiating his first match on 11 August 2007 in a League 2 fixture between Hereford United and Rotherham United. He first officiated in League 1 when taking charge of a game between Swansea City and Gillingham. Attwell continued to be promoted and on 26 December 2007 he made his League Championship debut officiating a 1–1 draw between Sheffield United and Blackpool. In total he refereed five Championship games during the 2007–08 season. On 26 May 2008 Attwell officiated the League 2 play-off final between Rochdale and at Wembley Stadium, won 3–2 by Stockport.
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