 Mason issues a red card during a match in 2010 |
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| Full name | Lee S. Mason | ||
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| Born | 29 October 1971 Bolton, Lancashire, England |
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| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1992–1996 | North West Counties League | Assistant referee | |
| 1996–1998 | North West Counties League | Referee | |
| 1998–2000 | Football League | Assistant referee | |
| 2000–2002 | Premier League | Assistant referee | |
| 2002–2006 | Football League | Referee | |
| 2006– | Premier League | Referee | |
Lee S. Mason (born 29 October 1971[1]) is an English professional football referee from Bolton, Lancashire, who officiates primarily in the Premier League.[1] He is chairman of the Bolton Referees Society and still lives locally. His younger brother Andy is a former professional footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, among others.[2]
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Education [link]
Mason attended the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education between 1990 and 1993, living in Newman Hall, where he gained his degree. Whilst there he played for his college football team as well as being a regular compere, hosting a variety of social events at students' union club The Derwent.
Career [link]
Mason took up the whistle in 1988, officiating in the Bolton Boys Federation League. In 1992 he was added to the North West Counties Football League assistant referees' list, and progressed to referee in that league four years later. He was included on the Football League list of assistant referees in 1998, and was added to the Premier League assistant referees list in 2000.
In 2002, he was promoted to referee in the Football League, and his first match at that level was a Division 3 match at Gay Meadow between Shrewsbury and Exeter on 10 August, won 1–0 by the home side.[3]
Also in 2002, he took charge of that year's FA County Youth Cup final between Birmingham and Durham, which Birmingham won 2–1.[4]
Mason became a Development Group referee in 2003, and finally reached the Premier League list of Select Group referees in 2006. His first match as referee in that league came on 4 February 2006, when Middlesbrough lost 4–0 at home to Aston Villa.[5]
Later in 2006 he was appointed to referee the League 1 play-off final between Barnsley and Swansea at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on 27 May, which Barnsley won on penalties after a 2–2 scoreline following extra time.[6]
In 2009 Mason refereed the FA Youth Cup final between Arsenal and Liverpool. Later that year Mason suffered a one-week demotion to the role of fourth official after his refereeing of a match between Fulham and Liverpool in which he sent off Liverpool players Jamie Carragher and Philipp Degen; Fulham ultimately won the fixture 3–1.[7]
Mason and his assistant referees came under criticism from Manchester United management in December 2010 for allowing a last-minute equaliser scored by Birmingham City to stand. A Birmingham cross into United's penalty area appeared to hit Nikola Žigić's arm and Lee Bowyer slid the ball home despite appearing to be offside. Birmingham manager Alex McLeish defended the decision, saying Bowyer was not offside and that Mason would have been "harsh if he had penalized [Žigić] for deliberate handball."[8]
Mason's decision on 8 April 2012 to send-off Shaun Derry for a professional foul in the 14th minute of a match against Manchester United was appealed by Queens Park Rangers after reviewing video replays. The referee awarded United a penalty kick when Derry appeared to foul Ashley Young. QPR manager Mark Hughes criticised Young for going to ground "too readily" and Mason for being "very quick" in giving the penalty despite Young being in an offside position when he received the ball.[9] The Football Association upheld the red card.[10]
Card statistics [link]
| Season | Games | Total  |
per game |
Total  |
per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 24 | 94 | 3.92 | 3 | 0.13 |
| 2003–04 | 30 | 118 | 3.93 | 6 | 0.20 |
| 2004–05 | 36 | 108 | 3.00 | 3 | 0.08 |
| 2005–06 | 37 | 90 | 2.43 | 3 | 0.08 |
| 2006–07 | 33 | 87 | 2.64 | 3 | 0.09 |
| 2007–08 | 30 | 110 | 3.66 | 4 | 0.13 |
| 2008–09 | 34 | 132 | 3.88 | 8 | 0.23 |
| 2009–10 | 35 | 106 | 3.09 | 7 | 0.20 |
| 2010–11 | 33 | 135 | 4.09 | 5 | 0.15 |
| 2011–12 |
Statistics are for all competitions. No records are available prior to 2002/03.[11]
References [link]
- ^ a b Birthdate confirmation and biography: the Football League Official website.
- ^ Andy Mason (ex-footballer), Lee's brother: Boston United website.
- ^ First Football League match, Shrewsbury v. Exeter, Division Three, 2002: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ FA Youth Cup Final 2002, Birmingham v. Durham: TheFA.com website.
- ^ First Premier League match, Middlesbrough v. Aston Villa, 2006: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ League One Play-Off Final 2006, Barnsley v. Swansea: soccerbase.com website.
- ^ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1224886/EXCLUSIVE-Red-card-refs-Lee-Mason-Mike-Jones-axed-Phantom-Goal-official-Stuart-Attwell-gets-game-Manchester-City.html
- ^ https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9325256.stm
- ^ https://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11711/7659485/QPR-to-appeal-Derry-red
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17663750
- ^ https://www.soccerbase.com/referees/referee.sd?referee_id=803&season_id=140
External links [link]
- Lee Mason Profile at Refworld.com
- Lee Mason Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com
- Profile on RateTheRef.net
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Lee Mason (actor)
Lee Mason is an Australian film, television and stage actor from Melbourne. He is probably best known for his lead role in The Independent as naive independent politician Marty Browning. This role garnered Mason many favourable reviews, with James Brown of FilmInk describing Marty as "the most charming protagonist since Kenny".
Mason's most recent work is a production of Glengarry Glen Ross at the Chapel Off Chapel theatre in Prahran.
Filmography
References
External links
Podcasts:
Lee Mason
ALBUMS
- Chappell Recorded Music released: 1971
