BOLTON-BASED referee Mark Halsey is expected to confirm his retirement at the end of this season.
The popular official, who battled back from cancer to return to duty in 2010, has worked in the Premier League since 1999.
He officiated at the Community Shield in 2007 and the League Cup final in 2008, and was a regular face around Wanderers for several years, training with the club to keep up his fitness.
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