Dermot Gallagher
Born |
Dublin, Ireland | 20 May 1957||
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Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1985–1990 |
Football League | Asst. referee | |
1990–1992 | Football League | Referee | |
1992–2007 | Premier League | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1994–2002 | FIFA listed | Referee |
Dermot Gallagher (born 20 May 1957)
Career
Gallagher first took up the whistle in 1978 at the suggestion of an ex-
His first ever Premiership appointment was the 2–0 away win by
In 1995, he refereed the
.In 1996, he was selected to control the
Despite being born in the Republic of Ireland, Gallagher was a representative of the (English) Football Association, and as such he was able to referee a friendly international between his birth country, the Republic of Ireland, and Russia on 13 February 2002 at Lansdowne Road. Referees are prohibited from officiating in international fixtures involving their representative country. He retired from the FIFA List on reaching the mandatory retirement age of forty-five at the end of that year. Since retiring Dermot often attends matches supporting the Republic of Ireland football team.
Gallagher served out several more years as a Premier League referee with the unique distinction of having served on it every season since its inception. He was the first referee since 1994 to be granted an extension beyond the domestic retirement age of forty-eight in 2006.
Since the year 2006, he has officiated in the annual series of national six-a-side tournaments called
The last Premier League fixture that he refereed was the game between Liverpool and Charlton Athletic, which took place on 13 May 2007 and finished 2–2.[7]
Statistics
Season | Games | Total | per game | Total | per game |
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1992–93 | 7 | 9 | 1.28 | 0 | 0.00 |
1995–96 | 21 | 40 | 1.90 | 2 | 0.09 |
1997–98 | 29 | 71 | 2.44 | 2 | 0.06 |
1998–99 | 33 | 98 | 2.96 | 5 | 0.15 |
1999–2000 | 35 | 89 | 2.54 | 6 | 0.17 |
2000–01 | 39 | 100 | 2.56 | 8 | 0.20 |
2001–02 | 34 | 88 | 2.58 | 4 | 0.11 |
2002–03 | 35 | 107 | 3.05 | 5 | 0.14 |
2003–04 | 34 | 77 | 2.26 | 6 | 0.17 |
2004–05 | 36 | 80 | 2.22 | 5 | 0.13 |
2005–06 | 43 | 96 | 2.23 | 9 | 0.20 |
2006–07 | 32 | 61 | 1.90 | 5 | 0.15 |
See also
- List of football referees
- Premier League All Stars
References
- Football League Handbooks, 1985–1989
- Rothmans / Sky Sports Football Yearbooks, 1990–2006
Internet
- the Football Leagueofficial website.
- ^ Birthplace confirmation, also earliest refereeing Archived 2005-04-13 at the Wayback Machine (1978): Irish Soccer Referees Society website.
- soccerbase.com website.
- ^ FA Cup Final 1996 Archived 21 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine at soccerbase.com website.
- ^ Masters Football involvement Archived 2007-09-18 at the Wayback Machine: from MastersFootball.com website.
- ^ About Masters Football Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine: from MastersFootball.com website.
- BBC.co.ukwebsite.
External links
- Dermot Gallagher refereeing career statistics at Soccerbase
- Dermot Gallagher referee profile at EU-Football.info
- Dermot Gallagher referee profile at WorldFootball.net
- 7 questions with Dermot Gallagher