Arthur_Holland_(referee)

Arthur Holland (referee)

Arthur Holland (referee)

English football referee

Arthur Holland (26 November 1916 – March 1987) was an English football referee.

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Career

Born in Barnsley, Holland became a Football League linesman in 1947 and graduated to the Referees List in 1951, taking charge of the FA Amateur Cup Final in 1959.[2] Later, in the same year he was appointed to the FIFA List and later refereed in the 1963 European Cup Final between Benfica and Milan.[3] He ended his domestic refereeing career with the 1964 FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Preston North End. A few weeks later his final match was the European Nations Cup Final between Spain and the USSR in Madrid.

Outside football, he worked as a miner from 1935[4] and after his refereeing retirement as a publican, running The Paddy public house in Kendray, Barnsley.[5]

Tournaments

References

  1. [1]
    Holland, Arthur. "England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007". familysearch. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. [2]
    The Daily Express, 3 March 1964, p3
  3. [3]
    The Daily Mirror, 3 March 1964, p21
  4. [4]
    The Daily Express, 3 March 1964, p16
  5. [5]
    The Guardian, 28 December 1964, p3
Preceded by UEFA European Football Championship final match referees
1964
England Arthur Holland		 Succeeded by
Preceded by European Cup Referees
Final 1963
England Arthur Holland		 Succeeded by
Preceded by FA Cup Final
1964		 Succeeded by
Bill Clements
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