Mike Dean (referee)

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Mike Dean
Personal information
Full name	Michael Leslie Dean
Date of birth	June 2, 1968 (1968-06-02) (age 40)
Place of birth	Wirral, Cheshire, England
Domestic
Years	League	Role
? –1997 1995–1997 1997–2000 2000–	Northern Premier League Football League Football League Premier League	Referee Asst. referee Referee Referee
International
2003–	FIFA listed	Referee

Michael Leslie Dean (born June 2, 1968^[1]) is an English football referee in the FA Premier League based in Heswall, Wirral.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Involvement with betting syndicate 1.2 FA Cup Final 2008 2 Career statistics 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Career

Dean began refereeing in 1985. He eventually officiated in the Northern Premier League as a referee,^[2] becoming a Football League assistant referee in 1995, and progressing to the full referees' list in 1997. He was appointed to the Select Group of referees for the Premier League in 2000, being subsequently promoted to the FIFA list in 2003. Also in 2003, he was fourth official to Graham Barber at the FA Cup Final held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on May 13, 2003, when Arsenal beat Southampton 1–0.^[1]

In 2004, he was appointed to the International Friendly between Holland and Republic of Ireland at the Amsterdam Arena. The away side won 1–0 thanks to a Robbie Keane goal.^[3]

In the same year, he took control of the FA Community Shield match between Arsenal and Manchester United at the Millennium Stadium, a game which saw the London side win 3–1.^[4] He had also refereed the FA Trophy Final of that year.^[1]

He was originally appointed to referee the 2006 FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium on May 13, 2006, but the Football Association took the unusual step of replacing him with Alan Wiley after concerns were raised about his ability to be impartial towards Liverpool, who are based near Dean's home town in the Wirral.^[5]

He made it to the Millennium Stadium eight days later though, when he refereed the Championship play-off final between Leeds and Watford on May 21, 2006, Leeds suffering a heavy 3–0 defeat in failing to clinch promotion to the Premiership.^[6]

[edit] Involvement with betting syndicate

On February 26, 2005, Dean was suspended due to his involvement with a horse racing betting company, in which he appeared to be violating his refereeing contract by using his football status to help promote the betting company. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited, which supplies Premiership referees, investigated Dean's links with Arbitros Racing and ruled that he should not officiate until the matter had been resolved to the board's satisfaction.^[7] A statement was later made that Mike Dean had been suspended until May 31, 2005 by the PGMOL, for breaching the terms of his employment contract, which require match officials to seek permission from them for any business ventures or the use of their status as a PGMOL official for promotional purposes. He was also required to cease his involvement with this venture and any similar activities.^[8][9]

[edit] FA Cup Final 2008

Dean refereed the 2008 FA Cup Final at Wembley between Portsmouth and Cardiff City on May 17, 2008, with Trevor Massey and Martin Yerby as his assistant referees and Chris Foy as fourth official.^[2]

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Games	Total	per game	Total	per game
1997/1998	30	83	2.77	5	0.17
1998/1999	38	96	2.53	4	0.11
1999/2000	39	90	2.31	10	0.26
2000/2001	37	106	2.86	4	0.11
2001/2002	35	108	3.09	8	0.23
2002/2003	36	155	4.31	9	0.25
2003/2004	38	98	2.58	9	0.24
2004/2005	24	66	2.75	7	0.29
2005/2006	41	134	3.27	10	0.24
2006/2007	43	173	4.02	16	0.37
2007/2008	40	140	3.50	10	0.25

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of Football Referees

[edit] External links

• Mike Dean Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com
• Refs Corner: Mike Dean at the Football Association

Preceded by Steve Bennett	FA Community Shield 2004	Succeeded by Howard Webb
Preceded by Uriah Rennie	FA Trophy Final 2004	Succeeded by Phil Dowd