Gerald Ashby

This created five vacancies on the English allocation for the FIFA List in 1992, and he was one of the officials to be promoted.

He only had three years as an international referee before he also reached FIFA's retirement age at the end of 1994.

However, he was able to carry on in English football, and on 20 May 1995, at Wembley, he took charge of the FA Cup Final between Everton and Manchester United.

Everton won the match 1–0 via a headed goal by Paul Rideout.

[2] He remained on the Premier League list until his retirement; his final match, on 3 May 1998, seeing champions Arsenal beat Everton 4–0 at Highbury.