Alan Wiley
| Born |
27 May 1960 Burntwood, Staffordshire, England |
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| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| ? -1991 | West Midlands | Referee | |
| 1991–1994 | Football League | Asst. ref. | |
| 1994–1995 | Premier League | Asst. ref. | |
| 1995–1999 | Football League | Referee | |
| 1999–2010 | Premier League | Referee | |
Alan G. Wiley (born 27 May 1960) is a former English football referee in the FA Premier League, who is based in Burntwood, Staffordshire.
Wiley first took up the whistle in 1981, then officiated in the West Midlands (Regional) League until 1991, when he became an assistant referee on the Football League List. In 1994, he was promoted to the FA Premier League List of assistant referees, and a year later progressed to the Football League referees' List.
In 1998 he refereed the FA Women's Cup Final, when Arsenal beat Croydon 3–2. Wiley made the step up to full Premier League referee in 1999, taking charge of his first match on 11 August 1999 at The Dell between Southampton and Leeds United, which the away side won 3–0.
In 2000, he was fourth official for the FA Cup Final at Wembley, when Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 1-0, courtesy of a Roberto Di Matteo goal after 73 minutes.
He was subsequently given the honour of refereeing two Football League Cup semi-finals (2003 and 2006), but his first prestige men's game as man-in-the-middle was the Community Shield match at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Arsenal and Liverpool on 11 August 2002. The London side ran out 1–0 winners, thanks to a Gilberto Silva goal in the second half.
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