What is Paul Tierney (referee)?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football official | name = Paul Tierney | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]], England }} '''Paul Tierney''' (born 25 December 1980) is a [[Association football|football]] referee from [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]], who officiates primarily in the [[Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16-mar/230316-stuart-attwell-paul-tierney-promoted-to-select-group.html|title=Attwell and Tierney promoted to Select Group|publisher=[[Premier League]]|access-date=23 March 2016}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He first officiated in the Premier League on 30 August 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/referees/profile.overview.html/paul-tierney|title=Paul Tierney|publisher=[[Premier League]]|access-date=3 September 2014|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624025728/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/referees/profile.overview.html/paul-tierney|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tierney was promoted to the [[FIFA International Referees List]] on 1 January 2018. He is registered with the [[Lancashire Football Association]]. ==Career== His first experience of a Premier League match in the middle came in the 2014/2015 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 the linesman for the match at [[St James' Park]] between Newcastle United and Hull City. The official then became a member of the National Group of Referees ahead of the 2009/10 campaign, with Macccesfield Town against Notts County on the opening weekend of the League Two season being the first fixture he officiated. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tierney, Paul}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English football referees]] [[Categ