Arthur Holland (referee)

Arthur Holland was an English former football referee from Barnsley. Outside football he worked as a miner from 1935 and after his refereeing retirement as a publican, running The Paddy public house in Kendray in Barnsley.

He 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. The same year he was appointed to the FIFA List and later refereed the 1963 European Cup Final between Benfica and Milan. He ended his domestic refereeing career with the 1964 FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Preston North End and a few weeks later his final match was the European Nations Cup Final between Spain and the USSR in Madrid.