Name Tony Oliver | Role Referee | |
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Anthony Philip Oliver (born 6 March 1931) is an English former association football referee, who was active in the Football League.
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Early life
Anthony Philip Oliver was born in Chelmsford on 6 March 1931, and was educated at the town's King Edward VI Grammar School.
Career
Oliver began his career in Chelmsford, refereeing local matches. He was promoted to Class 2 in 1954 and Class 1 in 1956, after which he was placed on the Linesmen's list of the Football Combination. In a 1959 Essex Senior Cup match, Oliver accidentally scored a goal.
In 1962, after moving to Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, Oliver was promoted to the Supplementary Referees List of the Football Combination; a year later he was promoted to the Full list, and was also added to the Linesmen's List of the Football League.
In 1968, Oliver was promoted to the Football League Referees List, after serving the previous five seasons as a Linesman. Between 1968 and 1974, he refereed every club except Sunderland.