Paul Tierney (referee)

Paul Tierney (born 25 December 1980) is a football referee from Wigan, Lancashire, who officiates primarily in the Premier League. He first officiated in the Premier League on 30 August 2014. Tierney was promoted to the FIFA International Referees List on 1 January 2018. He is registered with the Lancashire Football Association.
Career.
His first experience of a Premier League match in the middle came in the 2014/2015 campaign when he was in charge of Swansea City versus West Bromwich Albion at the Liberty Stadium on 30 August 2014.
Tierney got a taste of officiating in the Premier League in the 2008/09 season when he was the linesman for the match at St James' Park between Newcastle United and Hull City.
The official then became a member of the National Group of Referees ahead of the 2009/10 campaign, with Macccesfield Town against Notts County on the opening weekend of the League Two season being the first fixture he officiated.