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Dermot Gallagher (born 20 May 1957) Birthdate and profile : the Football League official website. is a retired Ireland association football referee based in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He refereed in the Premier League of English football until May 2007.
His first ever Premiership appointment was the 2–0 away win by Coventry at Spurs on 19 August 1992, both goals being scored by John Williams. First ever Premier League game: soccerbase.com website.
In 1995, he refereed the FA Charity Shield match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Wembley, which Everton won with a Vinny Samways goal. In the same year, he refereed the FA Trophy Final, also at Wembley, when Woking beat Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 after extra time. Later that year he was in charge of the Under 20 World Cup Final in Qatar, which was won by Argentina in a 2–0 victory over Brazil.
In 1996, he was selected to control the FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Manchester United at Wembley, which United won by an Eric Cantona goal to nil. FA Cup Final 1996 at soccerbase.com website. That summer he refereed in the European Championships in England. However, he suffered a serious injury during a game and was then out of action until early 1997.
On 23 August 2006, Gallagher inexplicably only booked Ben Thatcher during a match between Manchester City and Portsmouth, which led his opponent to suffer a seizure and require oxygen: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ben-thatcher-pedro-mendes-tackle-20092546
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 Gallagher 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 Masters football, Masters Football involvement : from MastersFootball.com website. referees for which are FA-endorsed. This competition features ex-professional footballers chosen by the PFA, and is televised on Sky TV. About Masters Football : from MastersFootball.com website.
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. Liverpool 2-2 Charlton, BBC Sport. 13 May 2007
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