Career
He retired in 2008 due to injury. Knight first took up the whistle in 1978, and in 1991 he became a Southern League referee. In 1995 he was promoted to the National List of referees for the Football League.
He was promoted to the Premier League"s list of referees from 1999, joining its Select Group of Referees upon its establishment in 2001.
Several Bolton staff, including manager Sam Allardyce, captain Guðni Bergsson, and midfielder Paul Warhurst, were fined by the Football Association for comments relating to Knight"s officiating of the game. Knight was never appointed to referee a game at Bolton again.
He was the referee who, in 2005, sent-off Newcastle United team-mates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer for fighting during a match against Aston Villa. Nine-man Newcastle eventually lost the match 3–0.
Knight returned to action on 17 March 2007 by fulfilling a fourth official posting in a Premier League fixture between Reading and Portsmouth.
However, before Knight was able to make a return to the Premier League his injury re-occurred after a game on 28 August 2007. He recovered once again to take charge of only his fourth Football League game of the 2007-2008 season in early January 2008, a 1–0 victory by Bradford City at Accrington Stanley. However, he sustained another injury and had to withdraw in the first half.
He subsequently retired from refereeing.
