William Keith Burge, confirmed on statistical webpage: Linguasport.com website. (known as Keith Burge and born 10 August 1950Birthday confirmation: UEFA.com PDF newsletter (UEFA Direct, p.23).) is a Welsh former football referee. He officiated in the English Football League and Premier League, and for FIFA. He hails from Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Glamorgan. His other occupation is as a civil servant.
Career He was appointed as a referee to the Football League in 1986, at the age of thirty-five - the last Welsh referee to join the English list, as this option was withdrawn by UEFA in 1997.Last Welsh referee on English list: mention in a HTML-based cached version of the Monmouthshire Referees online PDF newsletter (03-2003, p.3).
He was on the first list of referees to officiate in the new Premier League for the 1992-93 season, and made his debut there on 5 September 1992, taking charge of the 3–2 win by Wimbledon over Arsenal at Plough Lane., Wimbledon v. Arsenal, 1992: soccerbase.com website.
He was a FIFA official until 1995, when he reached the international retirement age of forty-five. One of his last appointments was in the Euro '96 qualifying tournament, when Lithuania drew 0–0 at home to Croatia on 29 March 1995.Lithuania v. Croatia, Euro '96 qualifying: RSSSF statistical website.
Domestically, he retained his place on the Premier League list for six seasons, until he retired from refereeing completely after his final match in the Premier League, a 2–1 win by Manchester United over Aston Villa at Old Trafford on 1 May 1999.Last match , Man Utd v. Aston Villa, 1999: soccerbase.com website.
References
External links Keith Burge Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com (incomplete)