# Anthony Buttimer
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{{Short description|Irish football referee}}
{{Notability|Sports|date=March 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Anthony Buttimer
| image = Anthony Buttimer (cropped).jpg
| caption = Buttimer during a [2015 League of Ireland](/source/2015_League_of_Ireland) game with [Bohemians](/source/Bohemian_F.C.) vs. [Galway United](/source/Galway_United_F.C._(2013)) at [Eamon Deacy Park](/source/Eamon_Deacy_Park)
| fullname = Anthony Buttimer
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|13 July 1965}}
| birth_place = [Drogheda](/source/Drogheda), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| otheroccupation =
| years1 = 2007
| league1 = [LOI First Division](/source/LOI_First_Division)
| role1 = [Referee](/source/Referee_(association_football))
| years2 = 2008
| league2 = [LOI Premier Division](/source/LOI_Premier_Division)
| role2 = Referee
| years3 = 2010
| league3 = [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League)
| role3 = Referee
| internationalyears1 = ?
| confederation1 = [UEFA](/source/UEFA) listed
| internationalrole1 = Referee
}}
'''Anthony Buttimer''' (born 13 July 1965) is an [Irish](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) [FIFA](/source/FIFA)-level[{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/kelly-blows-the-whistle-on-irelands-referee-bashers-91485.html|title=Kelly blows the whistle on Ireland's referee bashers|date=7 June 2006|accessdate=2008-11-23|work=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2007/1220/sport/mheykfeycwoj/|title=FIFA awards 17 badges to Irish referees and assistants|date=20 December 2007|accessdate=2008-11-24|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}] [soccer](/source/Association_football) [referee](/source/Referee_(association_football)) from [County Cork](/source/County_Cork). A [League of Ireland](/source/League_of_Ireland) official, he took charge of the [2008 FAI Cup Final](/source/2008_FAI_Cup_Final) in the [RDS](/source/Royal_Dublin_Society), [Dublin](/source/Dublin).
==Career==
Buttimer regularly referees matches in the League of Ireland.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/prematch-bustup-fails-to-stop-rovers-run-1056639.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903220133/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/prematch-bustup-fails-to-stop-rovers-run-1056639.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2012 |title=Pre-match bust-up fails to stop Rovers' run |date=11 August 2007 |accessdate=2008-11-23 |work=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent) }}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/revenge-sweet-as-sammon-nets-win-1417795.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905012114/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/revenge-sweet-as-sammon-nets-win-1417795.html |url-status=dead |archive-date= 5 September 2012 |title=Revenge sweet as Sammon nets win |date=21 June 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-23 |work=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent) }}] In the past he has been dispatched to referee local derbies including the [Connacht Derby](/source/Connacht_Derby) contested between Sligo Rovers and [Galway United](/source/Galway_United_F.C.) in August 2007.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/charles-and-cooke-ensure-home-delight-for-galway-1065950.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908004539/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/charles-and-cooke-ensure-home-delight-for-galway-1065950.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2012 |title=Charles and Cooke ensure home delight for Galway |date=25 August 2007 |accessdate=2008-11-23 |work=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent) }}] He was also deployed in the 2013 FAI Cup Semi Final and Louth Derby between Dundalk and Drogheda.[{{cite web|title=Referee red calls enrage Dundalk |url=http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/referee-red-calls-enrage-dundalk-29640435.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131008013112/http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/referee-red-calls-enrage-dundalk-29640435.html |url-status=dead |archive-date= 8 October 2013 |work=The Herald}}]
In September 2007, Buttimer took issue with the colour of the goalkeeper's jerseys in a game between [Dundalk](/source/Dundalk_F.C.) and [Shelbourne](/source/Shelbourne_F.C.). It was eventually agreed that the Dundalk goalkeeper would wear a t-shirt with a white strip of tape on the back whilst the Shelbourne goalkeeper would wear a training top for the match.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/referee-in-goalkeeper-strip-fiasco-1114826.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913154028/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/referee-in-goalkeeper-strip-fiasco-1114826.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Referee in goalkeeper strip fiasco |date=3 October 2007 |accessdate=2008-11-23 |work=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent) }}] A similar incident occurred in March 2008, when he said that the kit worn by Sligo Rovers was too similar to the kit worn by [St Patrick's Athletic](/source/St_Patrick's_Athletic_F.C.).[{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/saints-alive-after-ref-gets-shirty-over-jersey-clash-1311098.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803185909/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/saints-alive-after-ref-gets-shirty-over-jersey-clash-1311098.html |url-status=dead |archive-date= 3 August 2012 |title=Saints alive after ref gets shirty over jersey clash |date=8 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-23 |work=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent) }}]
Buttimer took charge of the [2008-09 UEFA Cup](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_UEFA_Cup) qualifier first round second leg match between [KS Vllaznia Shkodër](/source/KS_Vllaznia_Shkod%C3%ABr) and [FC Koper](/source/FC_Koper) at the [Loro-Boriçi Stadium](/source/Loro-Bori%C3%A7i_Stadium) in [Shkodër](/source/Shkod%C3%ABr), [Albania](/source/Albania). The match finished 0 – 0, with him issuing three yellow cards.[[http://worldreferee.com/site/match.php?refID=823 Anthony Buttimer profile]. WorldReferee.com. Accessed 24 November 2008.]
On 23 November, Buttimer took charge of the 2008 FAI Cup Final, in which [Bohemians](/source/Bohemian_F.C.) beat [Derry City](/source/Derry_City_F.C.)[{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1123/bohemians_derry1.html |title=Bohemians 2-2 Derry City (AET, 4-2 pens) |date=23 November 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-23 |publisher=[RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204042527/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/1123/bohemians_derry1.html |archivedate= 4 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}] This was the first FAI Cup Final to feature a penalty shoot-out.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/mhidqlojqlsn/|title=Bohs win FAI Ford Cup on penalties|date=23 November 2008|accessdate=2008-11-24|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{WorldReferee.com|anthony_buttimer}}
* {{WorldFootball.net referee|anthony-buttimer}}
* {{Soccerway referee|anthony-buttimer/44715}}
* {{Soccerbase referee|1117}}
{{FAI referees}}
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Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Republic of Ireland association football referees
Category:Sportspeople from Drogheda
Category:Sportspeople from County Louth
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