Referee Profile – Steve Bennett
Carrying on with the profile’s of this years Select Group, we move on to last years FA Cup Final referee Steve Bennett.
Steve started out as a Referee in 1984, gaining promotion to the Football League Referee’s list in 1995. He gained promotion to the Premier League in 1999 & FIFA in 2001. As well as the FA Cup Final, Steve has officiated the League cup final in 2005 between Chelsea & Liverpool.
Steve also holds the honour of refereeing “the other final“. This was a game held on the same day as the World cup final in 2002 between Bhutan & Monserat, the two lowest ranked teams according to FIFA. This match was made in to a documentary and released in 2005.
Last Season in 45 games Steve issued 151 Cautions & 14 Red Cards.
Categories: Premier League
Dont know your history Bennett, but you should say sorry for the red card to Ronaldo. I know that you didnt do what was right. I KNOW that you saw NO reason to gime him that red card. Shame on you..
Man Utd fan….probably lives in Torpoint
Ronaldo clearly initiated head to head contact, though only slight is still deemed to be violent conduct and thus should be sent of. 
Aww Shame
david is correct! As a referee myself this is definatley enough to be deemed VC (violent conduct) ans should be shown the red card!