Dermot Gallagher(Banbury, Oxon)Dermot Gallagher is a Premiership League veteran, having established himself on the country's top referee list back in 1992. He made the FIFA roster two years later in 1994. Gallagher is one of the few top referees that actually earns a living through football, albeit at a lower level. The 42-year-old Banbury resident is commercial manager for non-league Thame United.
He began refereeing in the Banbury Junior League back in 1978 and progressed remarkably quickly through the ranks, becoming a Football League linesman in 1985. Gallagher's career highlight so far was taking charge of the 1996 FA Cup Final - the year he also officiated at the African Cup-Winners Cup final and the Euro '96 tournament.
Of the 11 Fulham Premiership games Mr Gallagher has bossed since the 2001/2002 we have won 5 drawn 1 and lost 5 which still makes him one of our luckier Refs. He used to avoid controversy in Fulham games but in the last three games he has decided to issue 3 red cards, 2 of them to Fulham players.
Referee Stats - 2006/2007 |
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Dermot Gallagher is one of the more consistent Ref's in the game and has always been one of the less whistle and card happy Refs. As far as his whistle and yellow cards are concerned he is staying true to form. However this season he has decided to cut up rough issuing red cards and penalties at a rate well above the average. Of course his demotion following the Thatcher assault would not have encouraged him to over react to avoid another demotion, would it?
| | | Mr. Gallagher's | Av Premiership Ref | | Total | Match Avg | Pos | Total | Match Avg | | Games |
10 |
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15 |
| | Fouls |
239 |
23.9 |
13th |
389 |
25.2 |
| Yellows |
25 |
2.5 |
16th |
50 |
3.3 |
| Reds |
3 |
0.3 |
2nd |
2 |
0.1 |
| Penalties |
4 |
0.4 |
4th |
5 |
0.3 |
| Fouls per Yellow | - |
9.6 |
15th |
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7.7 |
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| Homer? (2006-2007) | | Total | Home | Away | Total | | Games | Fouls | Yellow | Red | Pen | Fouls | Yellow | Red | Pen | Fouls | Yellow | Red | Pen |
| 10 |
122 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
117 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
239 |
25 |
3 |
4 |
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51% |
44% |
67% |
50% |
49% |
56% |
33% |
50% |
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| 15 |
49% |
43% |
35% |
59% |
51% |
57% |
65% |
41% |
389 |
50 |
2 |
5 |
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In previous seasons Dermot Gallagher had been one of the more even handed Refs when it came to dealing with visiting teams. He seems to be sticking to previous form apart from red cards |
| Previous Fulham games what was refed by Dermot Gallagher |
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25-11-2006 Premier Fulham 0-1 Reading 3y 1r
Bookings: Pearce (sent off 16) (Fulham) Harper, Ingimarsson, Sonko (Reading)
Mr Gallagher put The Cottagers under pressure with an early sending off for Ian Pearce and a penalty that Reading were able to convert.
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02-01-2006 Premiership Fulham 2-1 Sunderland 4y 1r
Bookings: Leacock, Legwinski (Fulham) Arca, Miller, Caldwell (sent off 57), (Sunderland)
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09-04-2005 Premiership Bolton 3-1 Fulham 2y 1r
Bookings: Boa Morte, Rosenior, Claus Jensen (sent off 12)(Fulham)
The match was decided by Gallagher missing a penalty area foul on McBride by N'Gotty who was freed up to head the ball powerfully towards the Fulham goal. As Claus Jensen chested the ball off the line it clipped his arm which amazingly Gallagher saw and out came a red card in the 12th minute. Thank you ref. |
01-01-2005 Premiership Fulham 3-1 C Palace 4y 0r
Bookings: Knight (Fulham) Butterfield, Popovic, Soares (C Palace) |
25-08-2004 Premiership Fulham 0-2 Middlesbro 1y 0r
Bookings: Zenden (Middlesbro) |
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25-01-2004 FA Cup Everton 1-1 Fulham 4y 0r
Bookings: Rooney (Everton) Goma, Hayles, Malbranque (Fulham)
Referee Dermot Gallagher ignored two obvious body checks on Luis Boa Morte and failed to see Thomas Gravesen flick a boot at the Portuguese striker. |
26-12-2003 Premiership Fulham 2-0 Southampton2y 0r
Bookings: Michael Svensson, Prutton (Southampton) |
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11-05-2003 Premiership Charlton 0-1 Fulham 5y 1r
Bookings: Kishishev,Young, Kiely sent off 31 (Charlton) Harley, Legwinski, Malbranque (Fulham)
Parker's attempted overhead kick connected with Saha's forehead in midfield and a huge melee ensued with various players involved in altercations - although Gallagher somewhat surprisingly booked only Legwinski. |
19-04-2003 Premiership Fulham 2-1 Newcastle 19-04-2003 2y 1r
Bookings: Finnan (Fulham) Griffin, Griffin (sent off 63), (Newcastle) |
26-12-2002 Premiership West Ham 1-1 Fulham 3y 1r
Bookings: Repka, Repka sent off 90, Winterburn (West Ham) Legwinski (Fulham) |
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19-02-2002 Premiership Middlesbro 2-1 Fulham 3y 0r
Bookings: Queudrue (Middlesbro) Legwinski, Saha (Fulham) |
30-12-2001 Premiership Fulham 2-3 Man Utd 2y 0r
Bookings: Beckham, Butt (Man Utd) |
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14-03-2001 Division 1 C Palace 0-2 Fulham 2y 0r
Bookings: Mullins (C Palace) Melville (Fulham) |
13-12-2000 League Cup Liverpool 3-0 Fulham 1y 0r
Bookings: Boa Morte (Fulham) |
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01-12-1999 League Cup - Rnd 4 - Fulham 3-1 Tottenham 3y 0r
Bookings: Brevett, Hayward (Fulham) Freund (Tottenham) |