Arthur Holland (referee)

Arthur Holland (26 November 1916 – March 1987) was an English football referee.

Born in Barnsley, Holland 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.

[2] Later, in the same year he was appointed to the FIFA List and later refereed in the 1963 European Cup final between Benfica and Milan.

[3] He ended his domestic refereeing career with the 1964 FA Cup final between West Ham United and Preston North End.

Outside football, he worked as a miner from 1935[4] and after his refereeing retirement as a publican, running The Paddy public house in Kendray, Barnsley.