Peter Walton of Long Buckby will referee our next Premiership game as West Brom visit Anfield.

He started his refereeing career in the local Northampton leagues in 1986, and in only 7 years he was running the line as a Football League Assistant. After only one season he was promoted to a Premiership Assistant Referee and then a FIFA assistant two years later in 1996. In the same year he was on the line in the FA Cup Final as Manchester United beat us 1-0, and followed that up by being an assistant in the European Championships.

He was promoted to a Football League referee in 1998 and spent five seasons there before getting the call to the Premiership.
His first Premiership game was one of the Premierships better games, as Wolverhampton Wanderers turned over a 3-0 half time deficit at Molineux to win 4-3 against Leicester City.

Peter opened up this season by refereeing the Community Shield at Wembley between Portsmouth and Manchester United.

Liverpool fans will be hoping his Anfield run will continue as his previous five visits have all resulted in Liverpool wins. He has yet to referee The Baggies since their return to the top flight, the last game he refeered West Brom was in The Championship when Crystal Palace gained a 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns back in March. His last Premiership game refereeing them was just under three years ago when they drew 2-2 at The Riverside.

His assistants are Dave Richardson and Adam Watts with Tony Bates as the fourth official.

Some memorable matches involving Liverpool and Peter Walton.

19th November 2005 - Crouch misses a penalty in Liverpool's 3-0 home win against Portsmouth. Djibril Cisse finds the net for the last time at Anfield.

25th October 2006 - Liverpool beat Reading 4-3 in the Carling Cup. Paletta and Peltier make their full debuts, Smith and Guthrie make their first Liverpool appearance. Paletta scores his only Liverpool goal in the win.

7th April 2007 - Arbeloa scores his first Liverpool goal in a 2-1 win at Reading.

16th January 2008 - Jamie Carragher is captain for his 500th appearance as Luton are dispatched from the FA Cup 5-0.

5th October 2008 - Torres scores Liverpool's 1000th Premiership goal in an amazing game at Manchester City. Kuyt gets a late winner to complete the comeback in a 3-2 win.