Michael Dean ( wear 2 June 1968 ) [ 1 ] is an english professional football referee who officiates chiefly in the Premier League. He is based in Heswall, Wirral, and is a extremity of the Cheshire County Football Association. Since his appointment as a Select Group referee in 2000, Dean has officiated a act of celebrated matches, including the FA Community Shield and the finals of the FA Cup, Football League Cup and FA Trophy.
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career
early on career
Dean began refereeing in 1985. He progressed to officiate in the Northern Premier League as a referee, [ 2 ] becoming a Football League adjunct referee in 1995 and being promoted to the full referees ‘ list in 1997 .
Professional career
Dean was appointed to the Select Group of referees for the Premier League in 2000, being subsequently promoted to the FIFA international referees ‘ number in 2003. besides in 2003, he was fourth official to Graham Barber at the FA Cup final hold at Cardiff ‘s Millennium Stadium, where Arsenal beat Southampton 1–0. [ 1 ] Dean took control of the 2004 FA Community Shield match between Arsenal and Manchester United at the Millennium Stadium, a game which Arsenal won 3–1. [ 3 ] He besides refereed the FA Trophy final of that year. [ 1 ] Dean was originally appointed to referee the 2006 FA Cup concluding at the Millennium Stadium on 13 May 2006 but the Football Association former replaced him with Alan Wiley after concerns were raised about Dean ‘s ability to be impartial towards Liverpool, who are based near his hometown in Wirral. [ 4 ] Dean made it to the Millennium Stadium eight days former though, when he refereed the Championship play-off concluding between Leeds United and Watford. Dean ‘s highest refereeing honor came on 17 May 2008 when he took charge of that year ‘s FA Cup final between Portsmouth and Cardiff City, with Trevor Massey and Martin Yerby as his assistants and Chris Foy as the fourth official. [ 2 ] Dean issued three cautions during the peer at Wembley Stadium, which was won 1–0 by Portsmouth .
Dean receives treatment after being struck by a coin during a South Wales bowler hat in 2009. On 5 April 2009 in a South Wales derby between Cardiff City and Swansea City, Dean suffered a cut to the brow resulting from what appeared to be a mint thrown by a Cardiff athletic supporter. He late awarded Cardiff a penalty bang, which was converted to earn a draw for the home side. [ 5 ] Cardiff ‘s president Peter Ridsdale condemned the attack and said that the athletic supporter would be given a lifelong bachelor of arts in nursing if found guilty. A 24-year-old man was former convicted over the incident and given a three-year banish and £200 fine. No action was taken by the Football Association of Wales against Cardiff City. [ 6 ] On 31 January 2011, Dean was appointed to referee the 2011 League Cup final between Arsenal and Birmingham City. [ 7 ] Birmingham won the catch 2–1, with an 89th-minute acquire finish by Obafemi Martins. The Blues had taken the star through Nikola Žigić, before Robin van Persie equalised for Arsenal. Dean issued five yellow cards during the course of the final. [ 8 ] In September 2015, Arsenal supporters launched a request to prevent Dean from refereeing their team following a Premier League fixture against Chelsea, [ 9 ] gain about 100,000 signatures within a workweek. [ 10 ] The Football Association belated rescinded a crimson menu Dean issued to Arsenal defender Gabriel during the incident, and handed Chelsea striker Diego Costa a retrospective three-match suspension for violent lead. [ 11 ]
In January 2017, Dean was criticised after giving a heterosexual red circuit board to West Ham midfielder Sofiane Feghouli for a coming together with Manchester United defender Phil Jones, after which Jones writhed on the deck in apparent pain. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The crimson circuit board came after only 15 minutes and with the grade at 0–0 ; Manchester United finally won the game 2–0. Replays suggested that it was in fact Jones who had committed a dangerous challenge on Feghouli and was himself lucky not to have been sent off. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Feghouli ‘s crimson circuit board was late rescinded. [ 14 ] On 2 April 2019, during a game between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United at Molineux, Dean issued the hundredth loss wag of his career as a Premier League referee to Manchester United ‘s Ashley Young, making Dean the first referee in Premier League history to reach the 100 red cards milestone. [ 15 ] In February 2021, Dean and his family received death threats following two controversial decisions which saw Dean give a red circuit board to Southampton ’ s Jan Bednarek and West Ham ’ s Tomáš Souček in consecutive games, and asked not to officiate the follow weekend Premier League fixtures. [ 16 ] Both red cards were rescinded by the FA. [ 17 ] Dean made a cameo appearance as himself in Season 2, Episode 8 of the american television series Ted Lasso. [ 18 ]
european and international matches
Dean first international match came in 2004 when he was appointed to a friendly between the Netherlands and Republic of Ireland at the Amsterdam Arena. The away side won 1–0 thanks to a Robbie Keane goal. [ 19 ] On 30 September 2010, Dean refereed a Europa League group stage match between Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla. Early in the second half he showed a second yellow poster to Dortmund musician Marcel Schmelzer for diving. [ 20 ] Dean has besides officiated european Championship qualifying matches. His first gear date was to the Euro 2008 group F modifier between Iceland and Latvia on 13 October 2007. The game in the Icelandic capital Reykjavík ended with a 4–2 acquire for the visitors. Dean ‘s next european Championship equal was on 12 October 2010 when he oversaw a group A modifier for Euro 2012 between Belgium and Austria in Brussels. The away team appeared to have secured a 3–2 victory but two Belgium goals on 87 and 89 minutes overturned that scoreline, only for ten-man Austria to score an injury-time equalizer to earn a 4–4 draw. Dean stepped down from the FIFA international list at the end of 2013 at the mandatary retirement age of 45 .
Statistics
Season
Games
Total 
per game
Total 
1997–98
30
83
2.77
5
0.17
1998–99
38
96
2.53
4
0.11
1999–2000
39
90
2.31
10
0.26
2000–01
37
106
2.86
4
0.11
2001–02
35
108
3.09
8
0.23
2002–03
36
155
4.31
9
0.25
2003–04
38
98
2.58
9
0.24
2004–05
24
66
2.75
7
0.29
2005–06
41
134
3.27
10
0.24
2006–07
43
173
4.02
16
0.37
2007–08
45
154
3.42
10
0.22
2008–09
44
156
3.55
12
0.27
2009–10
43
148
3.44
7
0.16
2010–11
43
147
3.42
7
0.16
2011–12
43
146
3.40
5
0.12
2012–13
40
143
3.58
4
0.10
2013–14
38
131
3.45
7
0.18
2014–15
38
158
4.16
8
0.21
2015–16
41
136
3.31
12
0.29
2016–17
36
138
3.83
5
0.14
2017–18
25
93
3.72
3
0.12
2018–19
29
129
4.45
10
0.34
2019–20
27
113
4.19
4
0.15
2020–21*
15
54
3.60
6
0.40
*last updated 16 February 2021 – 12:25 GMT
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Statistics are for all competitions. No records are available anterior to 1997–98. [ 21 ]