From Edgar Street to the Premiership

Most young referees probably hope to take charge of games in the Football League at some stage in their career but for one it will be the Premiership this coming season and he's just 25 years old.

On the first day of last season Stuart Attwell was the man in the middle at Edgar Street for the League Two game vetween Hereford United and Rotherham. That was his first game at this level.

Attwell, who comes from Warwickshire, has worked his way through the various levels of the game locally and then in the Midland Combination and Southern League before securing his Level One status last summer.

His final game last season was at Wembley for the League Two play-off final between Rochdale and Stockport.

Attwell will be the youngest ever Premiership referee beating the current record holder Mark Clattenburg by four years.

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