My nine to five: Peter Walton
March 5, 2010 by admin
Filed under Career News and Advice
Football referee Peter Walton trains four days a week to keep fit. Photograph: Jon Super/AP
I only find out what games I’ll be refereeing a few days in advance. If it’s a Saturday match, I’ll travel from Northamptonshire, where I live, on Friday afternoon, then book into a hotel. I’ll be in bed by 10pm. I don’t sleep well in hotels, so I’ll just try to relax and fluff up another hard pillow.
On match day I’ll try to lie in and not be up till 9am. I’ll flick through the papers to see if there’s any news about the game then have a very light breakfast, things you can easily digest like baked beans, tomatoes or boiled egg.
At 11am I’ll meet my colleagues for the day, the two assistant referees and the fourth official, at the hotel. We’ll discuss the game and any history to the fixture. Then we’re all driven to the ground to get there for about 12.30pm.
I’ll pop into each dressing room to make sure there isn’t a clash of kits and make any …
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