Antony Gautier will have to alternate between the whistle and the tricolor scarf. Football referee since July 2007 in Ligue 1 and on the international scene between 2009 and 2018, the 42-year-old man was elected Sunday evening mayor of Bailleul, a town of 15,000 inhabitants located in the department of Nord, bordering from the border with Belgium. It was in this town that he was born in 1977.
Without label (DIV), Antony Gautier, also lecturer in mathematics, was elected with 50.3% of the votes in a triangular which opposed him to the ecologist Joël Decat (DVE, 22.4%) and to the outgoing mayor Marc Deneuche (DVC, 27.3%). Since 2014, he was deputy delegate for sports policy for the PS mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry.
"Antony is an extremely upright person in his arbitration, his behavior and his body attitude," said David Benech, a former assistant referee who officiated with him. I am a municipal police officer and we even talked about the work of municipal police within the town halls. The referees are very committed to the others. And the policy of a village is to commit to others before oneself. He has a lot of knowledge and he likes to give of himself and his will to help others. "
The new mayor will he be able to combine his new position and his life as a Ligue 1 referee? "Antony can perfectly manage both," says Benech. I know presidents of L1 who are also directors of companies. In addition, he will be surrounded by all the powers of the local authorities that make up the municipality of Bailleul. "
