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Tierney is also the step-father of professional rugby league player [[Lewis Tierney]] who currently plays for [[Catalans Dragons]] in [[Super League]]. |
Tierney is also the step-father of professional rugby league player [[Lewis Tierney]] who currently plays for [[Catalans Dragons]] in [[Super League]]. |
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On June 17, 2020, Tierney was the match VAR for the first Premier League game after COVID-19 between Aston Villa and Sheffield United. A clear own goal was scored by the Aston Villa goalkeeper when he inadvertently fell over the goal line after catching the ball. The ball can be seen clearly over the line from multiple video replays. Hawk eye did not went off and the VAR did not review the non goal. |
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| Full name | Paul Tierney | ||
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25 December 1980 Wigan, England | ||
Paul Tierney (born 25 December 1980) is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League having been promoted to the Select Group of Referees in 2016.[1] He first officiated in the Premier League on 30 August 2014.[2] Tierney was promoted to the FIFA list of Referees on 1 January 2018. Paul Tierney was promoted to the Select Group of Referees alongside Stuart Attwell ahead of the 2015/16 season after a successful seven years on the National List.
His first experience of a Premier League match in the middle came in the 2014/15 campaign when he was in charge of Swansea City versus West Bromwich Albion at the Liberty Stadium on 30 August 2014.
Tierney got a taste of officiating in the Premier League in the 2008/09 season when he was an assistant referee for the match at St. James' Park between Newcastle United and Hull City.
The Lancashire FA official then became a member of the National Group of Referees ahead of the 2009/10 campaign, with Macclesfield Town against Notts County on the opening weekend of the League Two season being the first fixture he refereed.
His career highlights include taking charge of the 2014 League Two Play-off Semi-final second leg between Southend United and Burton Albion, and in the same season he officiated the Football League Trophy Southern Final second leg between Peterborough United and Swindon Town.
Two years later, Tierney was in the middle for another League Two Play-off Semi-final second leg - Plymouth Argyle versus Portsmouth.
Tierney also boasts two Wembley appearances on his CV as he was the assistant referee in Chelsea's 2009 FA Cup Semi-final victory over Arsenal, and the fourth official in the 2014 FA Vase Final between Sholing and West Auckland Town.
He made his third appearance at Wembley 27 May 2019, when he officiated the Championship play-off final between Aston Villa and Derby County.
Tierney is also the step-father of professional rugby league player Lewis Tierney who currently plays for Catalans Dragons in Super League.
On June 17, 2020, Tierney was the match VAR for the first Premier League game after COVID-19 between Aston Villa and Sheffield United. A clear own goal was scored by the Aston Villa goalkeeper when he inadvertently fell over the goal line after catching the ball. The ball can be seen clearly over the line from multiple video replays. Hawk eye did not went off and the VAR did not review the non goal.
References
- ^ "Attwell and Tierney promoted to Select Group". Premier League. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "Paul Tierney". Premier League. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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