Paul Danson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Danson
Occupation	Association Football Referee
Date Of Birth	May 2, 1958(1958-05-02)
Age	66
Birthplace	Leicestershire
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Taurus

Paul Danson Biography

Paul Danson is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on May 2, 1958 in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Paul S. Danson (born 2 May 1958 in Leicestershire) was an English former referee of association football within the Football League and Premier League. When he was on the List the city he worked in was Leicester.

In the following years, the player was among its high-ranking officials, and often received important appointments, such as the historic First Division play-off semi-final on 17 May 2001 at Deepdale at which Preston defeated Birmingham in extra-time and penalties (Preston had missed a spot-kick within the time-limit of 90 minutes). The former Birmingham director Trevor Francis was said to be “visibly furious” after Danson moved the spot for the shootout from the empty area of the field towards the goal where the Preston supporters were (on instructions from the police) and then removed their players off the field to protest for a brief time.

Matters took a very different turn in the 2004–05 season. He refereed only three games in the top division of the Football League and was largely on lower division duty. At the end of that season he lost his place on the League List after a tenure of eighteen years. Potentially he could have had another two years before retirement and had that happened he would have completed twenty years and become the longest-serving referee since the 1920s. However, he did gain experience in Europe as a fourth official and assistant referee.

The breakthrough for him was in 1994. He was among three new referees named on the Premier List along with fellow Leicestershire official Peter Jones and Gary Willard from Sussex. The next three seasons the majority of his league games were played at Premiership levels (as was the norm for Premiership referees in this time). However, his performance were not always a success especially in a game played at Highbury with Arsenal as well as Sunderland on the 28th of September, 1996, in which two players from Sunderland and his Sunderland manager were dismissed prior to half-time. Then, at the end of the 1996-97 season , he was removed off the top Premier List and was then relegated back into Football League level.

Paul Danson Net Worth

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

The year was 1972 and he became qualified as a referee and progressed into his way through the Leicestershire Senior League and the Southern League. He was the Football League linesman in 1984 before advancing into his place on the Football League referees list three years later, at an age of just 21.

He was re-inducted to the list of assistants as the only time in his career since 1987 however he was able to handle the game as a ref in the Football Conference North in season 2005-06 prior to completing his outstanding career.

Following a Football League Championship match between Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion at Selhurst Park on 20 September 2003, he had to attend hospital in Croydon (Surrey) for treatment, due to being hit in the mouth and rendered unconscious whilst dealing with a three-man altercation on the pitch during the match, which ended 2–2 and generated eight cautions.

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Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Paul Danson celebrates birthday on May 2 of every year.