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Joseph Bertram Worrall〔 (born 21 October 1945〔(Birthdate confirmation ): ''zerozero.eu'' website.〕) 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.〔(Biographical detail ): from an article at the ''Warrington Guardian'' website.〕 ==Career== 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 1992,〔 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.〔(League Cup Final 1988 ), Arsenal v. Luton match statistics: ''SportingChronicle.com'' website.〕 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.〔(Missed penalty ) by Winterburn of Arsenal v. Luton, 1988 League Cup Final: ''FunTrivia.com'' website.〕 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.〔(FA Cup Final 1989 ), Liverpool v. Everton: match report at the ''FA-CupFinals.co.uk'' website.〕 Worrall was the referee for the 1992 European Championships qualifier between Italy and Hungary at the Stadio Arechi, Salerno, on 1 May 1991. Italy were the victors by 3-1.〔(Euro 92 qualifying match ), Italy v. Hungary, 1991 (also confirming Worrall's middle name): match statistics at the UEFA.com Official website.〕 His last appointment on the FIFA list, and his highest international honour, was to referee the 1992 UEFA Cup Final first leg at the Stadio Delle Alpi on 29 April 1992 between Torino of Italy and Ajax of the Netherlands.〔 The score from that match was 2-2, but after a 0-0 draw in the second leg in Amsterdam, Ajax were declared winners on away goals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joe Worrall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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