Stuart Attwell

Stuart Attwell fascinates me because officiating is the one job where excellence is invisible and only mistakes get a name. Walking out as the youngest Premier League referee in 2008 must have been thrilling and terrifying in equal measure, and his demotion in 2012 could have ended things. What I respect is that he didn't disappear. He dropped down, did the unglamorous work, and earned his way back to the Select Group by 2016. That arc, the fall and the patient climb, says more about character than any single match ever could. I quietly root for people who rebuild themselves like that.

Name (English)

Stuart Attwell

Name (Japanese)

スチュアート・アトウェル

Reading

すちゅあーと・あとうぇる

Born

October 6, 1982 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Origin

Nuneaton, United Kingdom

Occupation

association football referee

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%88%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB

Tags

• association football referee

Last updated

2026-06-02

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