Former Premier League Referee Paul Alcock Dies Aged 64 After Battle With Cancer

Published on: 31 January 2018

​Ex-Premier League referee Paul Alcock has passed away at the age of 64 after a battle with cancer. Alcock became a Premier League match official in 1995 and was in charge of 94 top fight games in England between 1995 and 2000. He is famously known as the referee who was pushed over by Sheffield Wednesday forward Paolo Di Canio in 1998. The English match official gave the Italian a red card during a game between the Owls and Arsenal at Hillsborough, before being shoved to the floor by the...

Source: 90min.com

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