Andrew Dallas (born 1 February 1983) is a Scottish

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. He regularly officiates matches in the

Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, also known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Scotland and the highest level of the Scottish football league system. Th ...

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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UEFA European Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply the Euro Under-19, is an annual football competition, contested by the European men's under-19 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Spain is the most successful team in this competit ...

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 Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 26 October 1957) is a Scottish former association football, football Referee (association football), referee. He officiated at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998 and 20 ...

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

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