(1977-11-20) 20 November 1977 (age 46) Loughborough, England
Domestic
Years
League
Role
2004–
Football Conference
Referee
2005–
Football League
Assistant Referee
International
Years
League
Role
2004–
FIFA listed
Referee
Amy Elizabeth Fearn[1]MBE (néeRayner; born 20 November 1977) is an English football referee from Loughborough, Leicestershire, who in 2010 became the first woman to referee in The Football League.[2] With a degree in economics and a full-time career in accountancy, having also refereed football since age 14, she became only the second woman after Wendy Toms to rise to the position of assistant referee in English professional football. On 9 February 2010, she became the first woman to act as the main referee in a Football League match.[3]
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