Paul Durkin

Paul Durkin
Born	(1955-08-15) 15 August 1955 Weymouth, Dorset, England

Paul Anthony Durkin (born 15 August 1955^[1]) is an English former football referee, who retired in 2004. He comes from the Isle of Portland in Dorset. He works as a referee assessor for the Football Association.

Durkin was England's only referee at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Finals in France, where he refereed one match - the Group B encounter between Italy and Austria. In the same year, he refereed the FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Newcastle United, whilst in 2003 he was in charge of the Football League Cup Final between Liverpool and Manchester United.

In 2004, Durkin appeared in ITV gameshow Simply the Best as the referee.^[2]

References

Preceded by Stephen Lodge	FA Cup Final Referee 1998	Succeeded by Peter Jones
Preceded by Graham Poll	League Cup Final 2003	Succeeded by Mike Riley

Referees at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

AFC	Ali Bujsaim Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid Pirom Un-prasert Masayoshi Okada

CAF	Gamal Al-Ghandour Said Belqola Lucien Bouchardeau Lim Kee Chong Ian McLeod

CONCACAF	Arturo Brizio Carter Esfandiar Baharmast Ramesh Ramdhan

CONMEBOL	Epifanio González Javier Castrilli Márcio Rezende Mario Sánchez Yanten Alberto Tejada John Toro Rendón

OFC	Eddie Lennie

UEFA	José García Aranda Marc Batta Günter Benkö Pierluigi Collina Hugh Dallas Bernd Heynemann Urs Meier Vítor Melo Pereira Kim Milton Nielsen Rune Pedersen László Vágner Mario van der Ende Paul Durkin Nikolai Levnikov Ryszard Wójcik

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