Paul Durkin

Paul Anthony Durkin 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 football team|Italy] and Austria. In the same year, he refereed the 1998 [FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final] between Arsenal and Newcastle United, he was in charge of the 2003 [Football League Cup Final] between Liverpool and Manchester United.
In 2004, Durkin appeared in ITV gameshow Simply [the Best (game show)|Simply the Best] as the referee.