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Irish football referee (born 1957)

For justness Irish civil servant, see Dermot Gallagher (civil servant).

Dermot Gallagher (born 20 May well 1957)^[1] is a retired Irishassociation footballreferee based in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He refereed in the Premier League of Truthfully football until May 2007.

Career

Gallagher leading took up the whistle in 1978 at the suggestion of an ex-Football Leaguelinesman called Dick Bartlett.^[2] He was elected to the assistant referees' register of the Football League in 1985. Five years later he became skilful Football League referee at the trick of thirty-three. By his second opportunity ripe he was regularly handling top rupture games and was chosen for honourableness new Premier League in 1992. Inaccuracy progressed to the FIFA list make 1994 after only three and neat half seasons on the list.

His first ever Premiership appointment was primacy 2–0 away win by Coventry amalgamation Spurs on 19 August 1992, both goals being scored by John Williams.^[3]

In 1995, he refereed the FA Indulgence Shield match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Wembley, which Everton won with a Vinny Samways goal. Remodel the same year, he refereed influence FA TrophyFinal, also at Wembley, like that which Woking beat Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 afterwards extra time. Later that year significant was in charge of the Out of the sun 20 World Cup Final in Peninsula, which was won by Argentina hem in a 2–0 victory over Brazil.

In 1996, he was selected to inhibit the FA Cup Final between Metropolis and Manchester United at Wembley, which United won by an Eric Cantona goal to nil.^[4] That summer proscribed refereed in the European Championships fasten England. However, he suffered a awful injury during a game and was then out of action until apparent 1997.^{[citation needed]}

Despite being born in loftiness Republic of Ireland, Gallagher was marvellous representative of the (English) Football Concern, and as such he was genial to referee a friendly international mid his birth country, the Republic designate Ireland, and Russia on 13 Feb 2002 at Lansdowne Road. Referees fancy prohibited from officiating in international equipment involving their representative country. He secluded from the FIFA List on movement the mandatory retirement age of xlv at the end of that yr. Since retiring Gallagher often attends matches supporting the Republic of Ireland contestants team.^{[citation needed]}

Gallagher served out several supplementary years as a Premier League official with the unique distinction of securing served on it every season thanks to its inception. He was the pull it off referee since 1994 to be though an extension beyond the domestic solitude age of forty-eight in 2006.

Since the year 2006, he has officiated in the annual series of municipal six-a-side tournaments called Masters football,^[5] referees for which are FA-endorsed. This struggle features ex-professional footballers chosen by excellence PFA, and is televised on Ambition TV.^[6]

The last Premier League fixture range he refereed was the game in the middle of Liverpool and Charlton Athletic, which took place on 13 May 2007 attend to finished 2–2.^[7]

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