Darren Drysdale
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| Darren Drysdale | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Darren Drysdale | |
| Date of birth | February 18, 1971 | |
| Place of birth | North East England, | |
| Other occupation | RAF sergeant | |
| Domestic | ||
| Years | League | Role |
| ? – ? ? –1997 1997–2004 1996–1998 1998–2004 2004– |
Northern Alliance Northern Premier League Conference North Football League Premier League Football League |
Referee Referee Referee Asst. referee Asst. referee Referee |
| International | ||
| 2002–2004 | UEFA listed | Asst. referee |
Darren Drysdale (born February 18, 1971, North East England[1]) is an English football referee who officiates in the Football League, and is a sergeant in the RAF at Waddington.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
He has been refereeing since 1988, officiating in the Northern Alliance and Northern Premier League. He became an assistant referee for the Football League in 1996, and in 1997 progressed to Conference North referee.[1]
He was appointed as an assistant referee for the Premier League in 1998.[1]
Darren was given the honour of being an assistant referee to Graham Poll in the 2000 FA Cup Final[2], and became a FIFA assistant referee in the same year.[1]
In 2002, he became a UEFA assistant referee, one of only 3 from the UK at the time.[1]
He was appointed to the (Football League) National List of referees in 2004.[1] Also in 2004, on 6 March, he was named Combined Services Sports Official of the Year, due to his work for sport within the RAF. He had been posted to the Middle East at this time, so his parents travelled to London to receive the award from the Princess Royal on his behalf.[citation needed]
His first Football League game was a 0-0 draw between Rushden & Diamonds and Kidderminster Harriers on August 7, 2004.[3] His first game at Championship level was the 2-0 home win for Leicester City against Gillingham on 22 January 2005.[4]
He attracted some media attention in 2007 after Bradford City's Dean Windass received a five match ban for swearing at him in the car park after a home game against Brentford on 2 January.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Birthdate and profile: the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
- ^ Appointed to 2000 FA Cup Final, assistant referee: from an article at the BBC News website. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
- ^ First ever Football League game in charge: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
- ^ First Championship match as referee: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
- ^ "Car park rage...": the Dean Windass ban for verbal abuse, 2007: Sky Sports website report. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
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