Martin Atkinson has revealed former Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky was his favourite player to referee as he prepares to retire at the end of the season.
Atkinson, a former police officer, has been in the Premier League for 17 years. And from all those years, he has carried many fond memories from the game, despite revealing former Everton Alan Stubbs was the toughest player he dealt with, "scaring me to death."
As he now prepares to say farewell to the Beautiful Game, the 51-year-old took part in at a Q&A in a mental health charity 'If U Care Share', where he shared : "I’ve been lucky that I’ve got on with the vast majority of players but one that stands out is Tomas Rosicky. I always got on really well with him. We just pleasantly got on, not best mates or owt like that but he was always really respectful.
