What was the profession of a former football referee from a country that is part of the United Kingdom that shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west?
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David Allison (referee) David B. Allison (born 27 September 1948) is an English former football referee, who operated in the English Football League and Premier League. During his time on the List he was based in Lancaster and was by profession a teacher.
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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain (which lies in the North Atlantic) in its centre and south, and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
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Yorkshire Yorkshire ( or ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military, and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.
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Segar Bastard Segar Richard Bastard (25 January 1854 – 20 March 1921) was an English amateur association football player and referee born in Chigwell, Essex. He played football on an amateur basis for three clubs as well as playing for England once. He was also an international referee and was held in high regard throughout English football. Bastard also played county cricket for Essex County Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club and was a solicitor by profession.
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High Sheriff of Lancashire The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient officer, now largely ceremonial, granted to Lancashire, a county in North West England. High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown, in England and Wales. The High Sheriff of Lancashire is the representative of the monarch in the county, and is the "Keeper of The Queen's Peace" in the county, executing judgements of the High Court through an Under Sheriff.
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Dermot Gallagher Dermot J. Gallagher (born May 20, 1957 in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland) is a retired Irish association football referee, who lives in Banbury, Oxfordshire. He refereed in the Premier League of English football until May 2007.
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Rodger Gifford Rodger Gifford (born 12 April 1948 ) is a Welsh former football referee in the English Football League, Premier League, and member of the Welsh FIFA List. During his time on the List he was based in Llanbradach in Mid Glamorgan. He currently works for the Football Association of Wales.
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Jim Finney James Finney (17 August 1924 – 1 April 2008) was an English football referee during the 1960s and 1970s, active on the FIFA list. He was born in St Helens in Lancashire (now Merseyside) but was based during his refereeing career in Hereford. Outside football he worked as a brewery representative.
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Gordon Kew Gordon Cecil Kew (born 1930) is an English former football referee in the Football League and for FIFA. During his refereeing career he was based in Leeds, Yorkshire, then Amersham, Buckinghamshire, and, for his final season, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
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Dorian West Dorian Edward West MBE (born 5 October 1967 in Wrexham, Wales) nicknamed "Nobby" is a former English international rugby union footballer.
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Mike McCurry (referee) Thomas Michael 'Mike' McCurry (born 4 June 1964) is an ex football referee from Scotland. He is a Baptist Associate Pastor at the Mosspark Baptist Church in Glasgow. He was previously also a Chartered Accountant; he gave up his membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland due to an investigation pertaining "matters of professional misconduct and professional incompetence.". Mike is also a member of the Glasgow Magic Circle. He refereed the 2005 Scottish League Cup Final. McCurry considered his refereeing to be a hobby and lists his main occupation as "Minister of Christian Faith". McCurry was on the FIFA list of referees, but the Scottish Football Association (SFA) failed to nominate him to the list for the 2008-2009 football season. He was previously on the list and he is referred to as one of the SFA's FIFA referees on his profile on the SFA website.
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Football Association of Wales The Football Association of Wales (Welsh: "Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru" ) (FAW) is the governing body of association football in Wales. It is a member of FIFA, UEFA and the IFAB.
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Craig Thomson (referee) Craig Alexander Thomson (born 20 June 1972) is a Scottish football referee, who has been a match official since 1988. He originates from Paisley, Renfrewshire.
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Steve Tanner (referee) Stephen J. Tanner (born 21 October 1970, Bristol) is an English former association football referee who operated in the Premier League and The Football League. Tanner was also a FIFA listed referee between 2008-2009.
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County police County police are police forces existing primarily in the United States that possess primary jurisdiction over an entire county. England and Wales, two constituent countries of the United Kingdom (UK), are policed by territorial police forces which are largely formed on a county basis. Historically, Sweden and Scotland, another constituent country of the UK, have had county police, although both countries now have unified national police services.
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Northern Isles The Northern Isles (Scots: "Northern Isles" ; Scottish Gaelic: "Na h-Eileanan a Tuath" ; ) is an archipelago comprising a chain of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and much influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 26 inhabited islands with landscapes of the fertile agricultural islands of Orkney contrasting with the more rugged Shetland islands to the north, where the economy is more dependent on fishing and the oil wealth of the surrounding seas. Both have a developing renewable energy industry. They also share a common Pictish and Norse history. Both island groups were absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland in the 15th century and remained part of the country following the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, and later the United Kingdom after 1801. The islands played a significant naval role during the world wars of the 20th century.
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Politics of Scotland Scotland is a country which is part of the United Kingdom (UK). The UK is a regionalised unitary state, and since the late 1990s, a system of devolution has emerged in the UK, under which Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have each been granted some measure of self-government within the UK.
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Geography of Wales Wales (Welsh: "Cymru" ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and is part of the island of Great Britain and offshore islands. It is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. It has a total area of 2064100 hectare and is about 170 mi from north to south and at least 60 mi wide. It has a number of offshore islands, by far the largest of which is Anglesey. The mainland coastline, including Anglesey, is about 1680 mi in length. As of 2014, Wales had a population of about 3,092,000; Cardiff is the capital and largest city and is situated in the urbanised area of South East Wales.
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Keith Walker (referee) Keith Edwin Walker was a former English association football referee. He was born in Manchester but moved to Blackpool where he started his refereeing career after playing as a goalkeeper for Lytham in the Lancashire Combination. After officiating in the Lancashire Combination, Irish League and Central League he became a Football League linesman in 1959 and was promoted to the Referees List two years later aged only 30. He had a season based in Preston (1965-1966) before in 1967 moving from Blackpool to the village of Bearsted near Maidstone, Kent to pursue his career as a Senior Educational Administrative Officer for Kent County Council. He officiated the Northern Irish Cup Final 1968 in which Crusaders F.C. from Belfast defeated their city rivals Linfield F.C. 2-0.
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Football in the United Kingdom Association football is organised on a separate basis in each of the four constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK), with each having a national football association responsible for the overall management of football within their respective country. There is no United Kingdom national football team. Football has been the most popular sport in the UK since the 1860s. Rugby union, rugby league and cricket are other popular sports.
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East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire (Scots: "Aest Dunbartanshire" ; Scottish Gaelic: "Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear" ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north-west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as many of the city's commuter towns and villages. East Dunbartonshire also shares borders with North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. The council area covers parts of the historic counties of Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire.
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Colin Trussell Colin Charles Trussell (born 1 September 1948) is an English former football referee from Crosby, Liverpool, who officiated in the English Football League from 1985-1993 during which time he officiated more than 250 professional football games. He started refereeing in 1973 after playing for Chorley F.C. in the Northern Premier League, one of very few referees to have previously played the game at semi-professional level or higher.