[6] 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.
[8][9] His officiating in the Premier League stopped suddenly after Blackburn Rovers' 2–1 home win over Birmingham City on 22 October 2005 due to a knee ligament injury he had suffered, and which took much time to recover from.
[10] Knight returned to action on 17 March 2007 by fulfilling a fourth official posting in a Premier League fixture between Reading and Portsmouth.
[11] He fully returned to active top-flight refereeing on 11 August 2007, when he took charge of a 2–1 away win by Leyton Orient at Southend United in the Football League One, during which he dismissed the home side's Alan McCormack.
He recovered once again to take charge of only his fourth Football League game of the 2007–08 season in early January 2008, a 1–0 victory by Bradford City at Accrington Stanley.