Arthur Holland | |
Fullname: | Arthur Holland |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1916 |
Birth Place: | Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
Death Date: | March 1987[1] |
Death Place: | Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
Internationalyears1: | 1959–1964 |
Confederation1: | FIFA listed |
Internationalrole1: | Referee |
Arthur Holland (26 November 1916 – March 1987) was an English football referee.
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 1964 European Nations' Cup final between Spain and the Soviet Union 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]