Dermot Gallagher

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dermot Gallagher
Occupation	Association Football Referee
Date Of Birth	May 20, 1957(1957-05-20)
Age	67
Birthplace	Ringsend
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Taurus

Dermot Gallagher Biography

Dermot Gallagher is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on May 20, 1957 in Ringsend, Ireland. Dermot Gallagher (born 20 May 1957 in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland) is a retired Irish association football referee living in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He was a referee for the Premier League of English football from May 2007 to May 2007.

The year 1995 was the first time he acted as a referee at his first FA Charity Shield match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Wembley, which Everton took the win thanks to the help of a Vinny Samways strike. The same year, he was a man-in-the-middle at The FA Trophy Final, also at Wembley in 1995, as Woking defeated Kidderminster Harriers 2-1 after extra time. To close out a busy year, he was as the manager of his team’s participation in the Under 20 World Cup Final in Qatar that ended up being won by Argentina after a 2-0 win against Brazil.

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.

Since the year 2006, he has officiated in the annual series of national six-a-side tournaments called Masters football, referees for which are FA- endorsed. This competition features ex-professional footballers chosen by the PFA, and is televised on Sky TV.

Gallagher was a referee for a number of years as an Premier League referee with the distinct distinction of being the only one to have served in every season since it was first established. The referee was also the only one after 1994 to receive an extension of his retirement age of age forty-eight in the year 2006.

Dermot Gallagher Net Worth

Dermot Gallagher is one of the richest Association Football Referee from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dermot Gallagher 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gallagher first began to use this role in 1978 on the suggestion by a former lineman from the Football League known as Dick Bartlett. He was appointed to the list of assistant referees in the Football League in 1985. Five years later, he was the Football League referee at the age of only 33. In his second season, he was consistently handling games in the top division and was picked for the newly created Premier League in 1992. He made it onto the FIFA list in 1994 following just three and a half years in the List.

His first Premiership assignment was a victory at home 2-0 of Coventry on the road at Spurs on the 19th of August, 1992 with both goals achieved through John Williams.

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. 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.

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Who is Dermot Gallagher Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Dermot Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Dermot Gallagher celebrates birthday on May 20 of every year.

What does Dermot Gallagher do now?

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.

Is Dermot Gallagher Irish?

He regularly appears on Sky Sports News nowadays, but a recent interview with Off the Ball exposed his thick Irish tones. Gallagher was born in Dublin, but has spoken with an English accent in his public appearances.

Should a football have a VAR?

VAR could stop bad offside decisions being made and decrease diving and acts of simulation as players will know that these incidents will get looked at again. However, people who would prefer not to have VAR in the game say that it will slow the game down because we will have to wait for a decision to be made.

Who presents Ref watch?

Dermot Gallagher returns with the latest Ref Watch and the former Premier League referee thinks there was nothing wrong with West Brom’s opening goal against Man Utd.

Who did Conor Gallagher play for last season?

Charlton Athletic (loan) In August 2019 he signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea and moved on loan to Charlton Athletic. After his first month with Charlton in which he scored three goals in six games, he won the English Football League’s Young Player of the Month award for August.