Full name | Terence Holbrook | ||
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Born |
Walsall, West Midlands, England |
6 December 1945 ||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1980-1982 | Football League | Linesman | |
1982-1993 | Football League | Referee | |
1993-1995 | Premier League | Referee |
Terence Holbrook (born 6 December 1945) is an English football referee formerly in the Football League and Premier League. During his refereeing career he was based in Walsall, and subsequently Wolverhampton, both in the West Midlands.
He became a Football League linesman in 1980 and two years later graduated to the referees' List. He was senior linesman to Peter Willis in the 1985 FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Everton.
By the late 1980s, Holbrook was taking charge of a number of key matches. In 1989, he handled a League Cup semi-final first leg between Nottingham Forest and Bristol City. One year later he refereed a semi-final second leg in the same competition at Upton Park as West Ham beat Oldham 3-0. However, the Northern side had already won the first leg 6-0, so emerged easy aggregate winners.
In August 1991 he was in charge at Wembley for the Charity Shield - a goalless draw between North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham. He continued to referee frequently in the old Division One during the following season, as well as controlling his most senior FA Cup tie in the middle - a quarter-final and replay between Chelsea and Sunderland, eventually won by the North East team, who were then in the old Division Two.