Paul Tierney was promoted to the select group of assistant referees in 2008 and in the same year was appointed as an assistant referee for a Football League Play Off Semi-Final between Rochdale and Darlington and a UEFA Cup tie.
He was appointed as a referee in 2009/10 and in his first match took charge of Notts.Co 4-0 win at Macclesfield on 15 August 2009.
His previous match on 2 October as Tranmere won 3-1 at Scunthorpe. Prior to the Preston match his last Oldham match was a 2-0 home defeat to Bury on 5 November 2011 with fireworks on the pitch as Oldham’s goalkeeper Alex Cisak was sent off after 10 minutes whilst Bury were reduced to ten men on 90 minutes,
Season’s record:
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Season: |
Matches: |
Yellow Cards: |
Red Cards: |
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2012/13 |
8 |
23 |
1 |
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2011/12 |
36 |
104 |
11 |
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2010/11 |
32 |
113 |
8 |
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2009/10 |
22 |
57 |
5 |
Paul Tierney and PNE:
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Date: |
Match: |
PNE goal scorers: |
Cards: |
PNE Cards: |
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21/04/2012 |
Oldham 1 PNE 1 |
Holroyd |
1 Y |
Nil |
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24/09/2011 |
PNE 2 Tranmere 1 |
Alexander (pen); Mayor |
6 Y / 1 R |
Y – Arestidou; McLaughlin; Parry; Proctor. R - Parry |
The assistants are Christopher Atkins and Paul Kettlewell from Lancashire. The fourth official is Steven Copeland from Merseyside.