He then spent six years at this level before progressing to full referee status.
[3] On 26 September 1998, in a match between Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal at Hillsborough, he was pushed over by home team striker Paolo Di Canio after having issued the player with a red card.
His final match in that competition being the 0–0 draw between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield on 7 May 2000.
[5] He returned to refereeing in the Football League, where he spent his final two seasons, retiring after the Norwich City versus Stockport County match in Division One on 21 April 2002.
[6] Following his retirement from refereeing, Alcock was manager of a shopping centre in Maidstone, Kent, for seventeen years before stepping down in 2014.