Whistle Blower

Informationen zum Autor Born in County Durham in 1975, Mark Clattenburg is one of the most highly-rated and recognisable football referees of modern times. He started officiating in the Premier League in 2004 and over the course of the next thirteen season he took charge of very nearly 300 games in the top flight. During his career he refereed the 2012 League Cup final and Olympic Men's final, and in 2016 the finals of the FA Cup, the Champions League and the European Championships. In 2017 Clattenburg left the UK to take up a role as Head of Refereeing for the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, and in 2019 he became a referee for the Chinese Football Association. He is currently Head of Officiating for the Greek Football Federation. Klappentext Mark Clattenburg was the best football referee in the world. He was also the most controversial, making headlines throughout his career. But who is he, really? This is his unique and incendiary story, a journey underpinned by conflict; but it is also a visceral portrait of what it's like to be in the referee's spotlight. In Whistle Blower, Clattenburg takes the reader into the referee's room, the players' tunnel and out on the pitch, revisiting the biggest matches and, for the first time, the various allegations that often saw him caught in the eye of a storm. Clattenburg's cards are firmly on the table, and he has not held back. Vorwort The outspoken and hard-hitting autobiography of one of the most highly-rated, recognisable and controversial football referees of modern times. Zusammenfassung The outspoken and hard-hitting autobiography of one of the most highly-rated, recognisable and controversial football referees of modern times.

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The outspoken and hard-hitting autobiography of one of the most highly-rated, recognisable and controversial football referees of modern times.

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Born in County Durham in 1975, Mark Clattenburg is one of the most highly-rated and recognisable football referees of modern times.

He started officiating in the Premier League in 2004 and over the course of the next thirteen season he took charge of very nearly 300 games in the top flight.

During his career he refereed the 2012 League Cup final and Olympic Men's final, and in 2016 the finals of the FA Cup, the Champions League and the European Championships.

In 2017 Clattenburg left the UK to take up a role as Head of Refereeing for the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, and in 2019 he became a referee for the Chinese Football Association. He is currently Head of Officiating for the Greek Football Federation.

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Mark Clattenburg was the best football referee in the world. He was also the most controversial, making headlines throughout his career. But who is he, really?

This is his unique and incendiary story, a journey underpinned by conflict; but it is also a visceral portrait of what it's like to be in the referee's spotlight.

In Whistle Blower, Clattenburg takes the reader into the referee's room, the players' tunnel and out on the pitch, revisiting the biggest matches and, for the first time, the various allegations that often saw him caught in the eye of a storm.

Clattenburg's cards are firmly on the table, and he has not held back.