Joe Worrall
| Full name | Joseph Bertram Worrall | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
21 October 1945 Warrington, Lancashire, England |
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| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| ? -1973 | Cheshire League | Referee | |
| 1976-1995 | Football League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1981-1991 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
For the footballer of the same name see Joe Worrall (footballer)
Joseph Bertram Worrall (born 21 October 1945) is an English former football referee, who operated in the Football League and for FIFA. He comes from Warrington in Cheshire, and has the distinction of having refereed both of the major club competition Finals in England.
Worrall took up refereeing in 1964, at the age of 19, officiating in the Warrington and District Football League. He eventually progressed to the Cheshire Association Football League. He was appointed a Football League linesman in 1973, a supplementary referee two years later and one year later gained promotion to the full Referees List in 1976 at the age of only thirty.
He was appointed as a FIFA referee in 1981, serving the world body for 11 years until 1991, when he had to step down due to age restrictions.
He was given control of the first of his two major domestic competition Finals on 24 April 1988, when Luton Town defeated Arsenal by three goals to two at Wembley in the League Cup Final of that year. Worrall awarded Arsenal a penalty in the last ten minutes, with the score at 2-1 to the 'Gunners', but Nigel Winterburn failed to convert it.
On 20 May 1989, he stepped out again at Wembley to take charge of the FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Everton, which finished 3-2 to Liverpool after extra time, the scores being tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes.
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