Peter Bankes

Peter Bankes
Full name Peter Bankes
Born (1982-05-18) 18 May 1982 (age 42)
Lancashire, England

Peter Bankes (born 18 May 1982) is a English football referee. He officiates games in the Premier League and EFL Championship.[1][2][3]

Career

Bankes was moved into the Select Group 1 referee pool ahead of the 2019–20 campaign after joining Select Group 2 three seasons prior.[4] On 31 August 2019, Bankes refereed his first Premier League game between Leicester City and Bournemouth and issued a total of four yellow cards throughout the game.[5] On 22 February 2020, Bankes showed his first Premier League red card to Newcastle United player Valentino Lazaro after Crystal Palace forward Wilfred Zaha, who was through on goal.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bankes Football Referee". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Peter Bankes Referee Statistics". www.whoscored.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Peter Bankes - Matches as referee". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  4. ↑ "Bankes promoted to Select Group 1". Premier League. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (31 August 2019). "Bankes referees his first Premier League game in Leicester victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (22 February 2020). "Bankes show first red card in Crystal Palace victory over Newcastle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2021.