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is a retired English professional
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based in
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, West Midlands. He is a member of the
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. In 2005, Marriner was promoted to the list of
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who officiate primarily in the
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. He also refereed for
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between 2009 & 2017. In May 2013 he took charge of the
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, the highest domestic honour for a referee in England. In May 2023, Marriner took charge of his final Premier League game between
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and
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. He became a full-time VAR official from the 2023–24 season.


Refereeing career


Early career

Marriner began refereeing in 1992, by chance when he was asked to cover for a referee who did not turn up for a local match, and progressed via the Birmingham Amateur Football League and the
Southern Football League The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven a ...
to become a
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in 2000. He was appointed to the Football League list of referees in 2003, and he was given his first Premier League appointment on 13 November 2004, a 4–0 home win by
Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...
over
Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...
.


Professional career

Marriner was promoted to the Select Group of professional referees in 2005. In the same year, he refereed the
FA Youth Cup The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...
final between
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and
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...
, with the latter winning 3–2. He was appointed
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for the
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match, which was won by
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who defeated
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on penalties after a 0–0 draw in normal time. Peter Walton was the referee. In December 2008 it was announced that Marriner, at the age of 37 and along with 26-year-old
Stuart Attwell Stuart Steven Attwell (born 6 October 1982) is an English referee from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, who currently officiates in the Premier League. Attwell made a prominent debut in 2008 as the youngest person ever to referee in the Premier League. b ...
, would be invited to join FIFA's list of international referees for 2009. Marriner was called up to officiate at the elite qualification for the 2009 Euro Under-19s Championship, taking charge of
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's 1–1 draw with
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in
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, also in Saint-Lô. He was appointed to the 2010 Football League Championship play-off final between
Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...
and
Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It currently competes in , the third tier of the English football league system in the 2025–26 season following relegation. Founded in 1899 a ...
at
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. Blackpool won the match 3–2, all five goals having been scored in the first half, securing the club's return to the Premier League for the first time since 1970. Marriner did not issue any cards during the match. In a fixture between
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and
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in April 2011, Marriner notably awarded the latest-ever
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in the history of the Premier League. The match was goalless until Marriner awarded Arsenal a penalty in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time, and four minutes later awarded a second penalty to Liverpool. Both were converted, the latter in the 102nd minute which also became the League's latest-ever goal. In May 2013 he refereed the
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between
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and
Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, they have p ...
at Wembley Stadium. Marriner described the appointment as a "great honour". Wigan won the final 1–0, with a stoppage time goal from Ben Watson. Marriner dismissed City's
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six minutes from time for a second yellow card offence. In March 2014, during Chelsea's 6–0 win over Arsenal, Marriner wrongly sent off
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in the 15th minute, for a deliberate handball actually committed by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Marriner retired at the end of the 2022–23 season after a 23-year career.


Statistics

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