# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-tierney
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:41.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-tierney"
name: "Paul Tierney"
slug: "paul-tierney"
description: "Paul Tierney is a football referee from Wigan, Greater Manchester, who referees in the Premier League. He first officiated in the Premier League on 30 August 2014. He was promoted to the FIFA list of referees in 2018, but was removed again in 2022. Tierney is registered with the Lancashire Football Association."
tagline: "English football referee (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manchester_United_v_Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion%2C_7_August_2022_(01)_(cropped)_Paul_Tierney.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1980-12-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.387338666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Пол Тірні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "بول تيرني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tierney"
    title: "Paul Tierney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tierney_(referee)"
    title: "Paul Tierney (referee)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C_(%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1)"
    title: "پل تیرنی (داور)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ポール・ティアニー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tierney"
    title: "Paul Tierney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Тирни, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tierney_(referee)"
    title: "Paul Tierney (referee)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18128728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump