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1874–75 FA Cup

The match was refereed by cup founder C. W. Alcock of Wanderers F.C. It finished as a 1–1 draw, with goals from Henry Renny-Tailyour for Royal Engineers and Alexander Bonsor for Old Etonians, which meant that there would have to be a replay.

1933 NSWRFL season

The match, refereed by William Fry, was level 5-all at halftime, before the Newtown Bluebags finished the stronger to take the premiership.

2012 FA Community Shield

Kevin Friend of Leicestershire was named as referee, having previously been the fourth official at both the 2011 League Cup Final and the 2011 Community Shield, and refereed the 2009 FA Vase Final.

Alexandru Tudor

He took charge of a UEFA Cup first round match between Celta de Vigo and Odense Boldklub two months later, but it was not until 4 November 2008 that he refereed his first Champions League group stage match, when he officiated a match between Barcelona and Basel.

Ali Bin Nasser

He refereed the match between Argentina and England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the "Hand of God" and "the Best goal of the Century" both by Diego Maradona in the same match, winning the quarter-finals over England.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Its major journal, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly was formerly titled Journalism Quarterly. It also publishes the quarterly, refereed Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, formerly Journalism Educator, and the refereed Journalism & Communication Monographs, formerly Journalism Monographs.

Benjamin Dwomoh

He is known to have refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, between Kuwait and Czechoslovakia in Valladolid.

Bobby Davidson

He additionally took charge of the match between England and the Rest of the World in October 1963 which celebrated the centenary of The Football Association, and refereed the 1975 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final between Dynamo Kiev and Ferencváros.

Bogdan Dotchev

He is known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1982 and one in 1986.

Brian McGinlay

At the domestic level McGinlay has refereed 21 Old Firm derbies, during which he never sent off a player, but he considers his most nerve-racking match to be the RangersAberdeen title decider match at the climax of the 1990–91 season.

Carl Cheffers

In his promotion to referee, NFL officiating director Mike Pereira said of Cheffers, "Carl has been extremely successful on the field as a side judge. He is very knowledgeable of the rules, a good rules guy. Strong presence. He was part of Larry Nemmers' crew and he was clearly a crew leader. When we first saw Carl, we saw referee experience from him even though he had refereed basically at the small-college level."

Carlos Clos Gómez

Gomez refereed a Europa League match between Motherwell and Steaua Bucureşti in which he was criticised by then Motherwell manager Jim Gannon.

Christine Beck

On 7 March 2007, she refereed the World Cup qualifier game between Japan and Mexico in Tokyo, going on to also referee the first-leg of the UEFA Women's Cup between Umeå IK and Arsenal.

Christopher Rollston

Rollston has published articles in a number of refereed journals, including the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, the Journal of Biblical Literature, Near Eastern Archaeology, Antiguo Oriente, Israel Exploration Journal, Tel Aviv, and MAARAV.

Clare Daniels

Her international debut was on 2 July 2005, when she refereed the Canada Cup match between Canada and Scotland.

Cristina Dorcioman

She also refereed the semi-final first leg between Duisburg and Turbine Potsdam in the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League season, and other three same competition quarter-finals.

Eirian Williams

He has since refereed many more Ranking finals including the Seniors Championship, Welsh Open Championship, Australian Goldfields Open, German Masters, UK Championship, Irish Masters, Wembley Masters, Malta Cup, China Masters, China Open, Thailand Open, British Open, Grand Prix, Bahrain Snooker Championship, World Open and four World Championship Finals at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield in 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2010.

Ernest C. Quigley

He also refereed the basketball finals between the United States and Canada at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, played outdoors in the rain, in the first Games at which basketball was a medal sport.

Felix Zwayer

On October 15, 2013, Zwayer has refereed 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Lithuania and Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in Kaunas.

Francisco Pastrana

Later in 2009, he refereed a Rugby World Cup qualification mach between Uruguay and the United States.

Gérard Biguet

Gérard Biguet (born 16 June 1946) is a retired French football referee, who refereed one match at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship: CIS versus Germany.

Gianluca Rocchi

He refereed three matches for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, and later was called as referee at the Men's football tournament at 2012 Summer Olympics.

H. John Caulfield

He was the author of numerous refereed publications, a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the SPIE.

Hans-Jürgen Weber

The first and the last Bundesliga-match Weber has refereed ended 6 - 1 for the hometeam: Werder Bremen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 17 May 1985 und Hertha BSC Berlin v Hamburger SV on 29 May 1999.

Henry Øberg

Øberg refereed 145 matches in the highest Norwegian league from 1964 until his last match between Vålerenga and Start in 1982, when he received standing ovation from 16 000 spectators.

James Leckie

He has also refereed the rugby union final at the Commonwealth Games and a final at the Hong Kong Sevens.

Jesse Hernandez

Lizarraga has refereed several years for World Wrestling Entertainment, National Wrestling Alliance L.P.W.A. Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, and Women of Wrestling among others.

Kelvin Deaker

In 2001, the year he turned professional, Deaker refereed his first international rugby match, taking charge of the match between Wales and Japan on 17 June 2001.

Kristinn Jakobsson

He then refereed a UEFA Cup second round match between Litex Lovech and Union Berlin at the end of October 2001.

Nick Hamilton

Patrick refereed his first match since his WWE release at RPW's "Showdown" supercard at the Macon City Auditorium on April 10, 2009, officiating a no-holds-barred, hair vs. hair contest between Cru Jones and Dr. Johnny Gayton.

Percy Colquhoun

In 1909 Colquhoun was president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia, and refereed Sydney's first Davis Cup challenge round final.

Peter Oskam

As a referee he refereed 64 football games in the Eredivisie (Honorary Division) between 1998 and 2004.

Phil Houston

He controlled two Australia v New Zealand test matches in 1995 and in November 1997 he refereed all three matches of the Super League Test series between Great Britain and Australia in England.

Sergey Shmolik

In July 2008, he was banned from refereeing after being found to have refereed a league game between Naftan and Vitebsk drunk.

Stuart Dickinson

Dickinson has refereed in many rugby competitions, including the Rugby World Cup, Tri Nations, Six Nations, international friendlies, Super 12/14/15, and Shute Shield.

Suhaizi Shukri

He also refereed at the regional league such as 2011 SEA Games.

Tommy Young

By the 1980s, Tommy was the Senior Referee for Jim Crockett Promotions and refereed most of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship matches.

Tony Chapron

He refereed two more UEFA Cup matches in the 2008–09 season, including the Round of 32 second leg between Hamburg and NEC.

Uriah Rennie

He refereed the 2001 (old) Football League Division One Play-off Final between Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, when Bolton won 3-0 with goals from Farrelly, Ricketts and Gardner.

Valentin Kovalenko

He refereed at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2012 AFC Cup Final and 2014 World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the preliminary-round match between Iraq and Yemen.

William George Garrard

Garrard was honorary secretary to the Canterbury Rugby Football Union and in 1899 he officiated his first international rugby match when he refereed the First Test between Australia and the British Isles during the teams 1899 tour.

Wunderteam

Referee Ivan Eklind was criticized for partiality toward the host nation, especially after he also refereed the final which Italy also won.

Zoran Petrović

He is known for having refereed four matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in the 1986 World Cup and two in 1990 World Cup.


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