Andrew Dallas (born 1 February 1983) is a Scottish

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. He regularly officiates matches in the

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and

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. In January 2015, Dallas was named on

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's international list. The following year, he was promoted from

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's third category to its second category. He has since officiated matches in the

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and

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, amongst others. Dallas resigned from the FIFA list in June 2019. Dallas was appointed referee for both the 2018 Scottish Challenge Cup Final and 2018 Scottish League Cup Final. He is the son of former referee

Hugh Dallas Hugh Dallas MBE (born 26 October 1957) is a Scottish former football referee. He officiated at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1998 and 2002; he was appointed fourth official for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final. Dallas also officiated at th ...

. Andrew Dallas is married to Julie and has two children, Sebastian and Rebecca.

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