David Gough

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David Gough (/ɡɒf/ GOF; born 1983)[1] is a Gaelic football referee from County Meath. He is a member of the Slane club.[2] His four umpires are father Eugene, brother Stephen, uncle Terry and cousin Dean, who have assisted him with every game since he started.[1] As well as hoping to referee a final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Gough wants to referee the International Rules Series.[1] He achieved the first of these goals in 2019.

Playing career

Gough has played football in his county since the age of seven. He has a Hogan Cup medal with St Pat's of Navan,[3] from 2001.[1] He also has a county under-21 C title with his club, a Trench Cup medal and a Division 2 League title with St Patrick's College in Drumcondra.[1]

Refereeing career

Gough was introduced to refereeing by Tom Fitzpatrick, the games promotion officer at Drumcondra. After leaving college Gough began a refereeing course in Meath. He began refereeing in late 2007.[1] Gough and Fitzpatrick volunteer with outdoor advertising company CBS, who project images onto the big screens at Croke Park, tasked with preventing any contentious incidents being shown at the stadium. He was on hand at the 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final to block RTÉ showing the scenes from that match's notorious ending.[1] Gough's first competitive inter-county fixture was a 2011 O'Byrne Cup match between Offaly and UCD on a wet Wednesday night in Rhode. He received a high 95 per cent from referee assessor, Joe Moynagh in Louth.[1] He refereed his first championship game in 2013.[4] Gough refereed the 2014 National Football League Division 2 final between Donegal and Monaghan, the final of the 2015 O'Byrne Cup between Dublin and Kildare, the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final between Dublin and Kerry, the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay between Mayo and Kerry and the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final between Mayo and Tipperary He has now refereed all four top finals in the GAA Calendar. In chronological order these were:

At provincial level, he has officiated at the

At local level, Gough refereed three Meath Intermediate Football Championship finals (2010, 2013 and the replay in 2016) and the 2011 Meath Senior Football Championship final replay between Summerhill and Dunshaughlin. He was appointed to his first 2019 Meath Senior Football Championship Final proper where Ratoath GAA defeated Summerhill. He also refereed the 2011 Leinster intermediate club final and the 2012 Leinster Senior club final between Ballymun Kickhams and Portlaoise.[1] He also presided over the 2018 Leinster Senior Club final where Mullinalaghta overcome Kilmacud Crokes. Abroad now, and Gough has also refereed Gaelic football matches in Spain, in Qatar (Middle East Games) and in the United States (New York versus Sligo in the 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship).[3] After initially opting out of refereeing during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gough (citing the GAA's summer Cúl Camps as offering encouragement due to the lack of cases there) returned to refereeing underage games; he then offered to make himself available for a Meath Senior Football Championship fixture when a colleague became unavailable.[5] He went on to referee the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final between Mayo and Tipperary.[6] Gough refereed the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, which was his 46th SFC game.[4][7]

Personal life

Gough is a teacher by profession.[2] Gough plays tennis and is a member of Ashbrook tennis club in Dublin.[1] He has studied Latin.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Gough playing to the whistle". Irish Examiner. 7 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named gay_ref_shown_red_card
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gough mentioned this during an interview on part two of C.L.U.B.'s episode seven of the first season, which aired on TG4 between 19:30 and 20:00 on 5 November 2018. The following description is derived from the source - Irish Independent, Weekend Magazine, 3 November 2018, p. 53. "At one of the youngest clubs in the country: Laochra Loch Lao in Belfast, with Meath referee David Gough."
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "David Gough to referee 2023 All-Ireland SFC final". GAA.ie. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Summer camps convinced David Gough to make a return". RTÉ. 1 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "GAA names referee for Mayo v Tipp All-Ireland showdown". Western People. 30 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "David Gough appointed ref for Dublin-Kerry All-Ireland final". RTÉ News. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "GAA's decision to not allow Mayo use rainbow-coloured numbers 'abhorrent', says Gough". Hogan Stand. 3 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "David Gough: It was disheartening to see GAA refuse Mayo's rainbow numbers request". RTÉ. 3 December 2022.
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