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David Gough to referee All-Ireland SFC final

The Meath official will take charge of the fixture between Dublin and Kerry.
3.40pm, 20 Jul 2023
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IT HAS been confirmed that David Gough will referee the 2023 All-Ireland SFC final between Dublin and Kerry.

It will be the experienced Meath official’s second senior final and first since 2019, which involved the same two teams.

It will also be Gough’s 46th Senior Championship game as a referee since his first in 2013.

His umpires on the day will be fellow Slane club members Dean Gough, Eugene Gough, Stephen Gough and Terry Gough.

His linemen on the day will be Monaghan’s Martin McNally and Galway’s James Molloy.

McNally will also be the standby referee and the Sideline Official will be Fergal Kelly from Longford.

The match takes place on 30 July at Croke Park. 

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    Jul 20th 2023, 3:47 PM

    Good ref to be fair. No complaints.

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    Jul 20th 2023, 4:00 PM

    Looking forward to all the kerry pundits complaining now as they did in 2019

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    Jul 20th 2023, 4:47 PM

    @pol mlp: were they right to complain?

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    Jul 20th 2023, 4:11 PM

    The media darling got the job..

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    Jul 20th 2023, 5:05 PM

    Will suit the Dubs. Gough is a consistent ref. Catches a lot more off the ball stuff than most refs but allows a lot of physicality in the tackle (borderline or outright frees). Doesn’t suit Kerry to allow that niggly stuff go.

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