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{{Short description|English football referee (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox football official
| name = Jarnail Singh
| image = Jarnail Singh.jpg
| caption = Jarnail Singh
| fullname = Jarnail Singh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|02|05}}
| birth_place = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| otheroccupation = [[Metropolitan Police]]
| years1 = ? –2004
| league1 = [[Conference South]]
| role1 = [[Referee (association football)|Referee]]
| years2 = 1999–2004
| league2 = [[The Football League|Football League]]
| role2 = [[Assistant referee (association football)|Asst. referee]]
| years3 = 2004–2010
| league3 = [[The Football League|Football League]]
| role3 = [[Referee (association football)|Referee]]
}}
'''Jarnail Singh''' (born 5 February 1962,<ref name="flprofile">[http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0,,10794~628215,00.html Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417072957/http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10794~628215%2C00.html |date=17 April 2008 }}: [[The Football League]] official website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008</ref> in [[India]])<ref name="flinterview">[http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Interviews/0,,10794~701925,00.html Other biographical detail]: from an interview at the Football League official website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008</ref> is a retired [[England|English]] [[association football]] [[Referee (association football)|referee]] of [[India]]n descent who officiated in [[the Football League]]. He moved to [[Wolverhampton]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], at a young age, and now lives in [[Hounslow]], [[Greater London]].<ref>[http://www.soccerfactsuk.co.uk/reffixtures.php?refid=102 Place of residence confirmation] ([[Hounslow]]): ''SoccerFactsUK.co.uk'' website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008</ref> He has a full-time occupation in the [[Metropolitan Police]] in [[London]].<ref name="flinterview" /> Singh is also an ambassador for the [[Football Association]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.asianfootballnetwork.org.uk/case-studies/case-study.php?s=refereeing-jarnail-singh&cat=asian-football-coaches-referees | title=Case Studies - Jarnail Singh | publisher=asianfootballnetwork.ork.uk | accessdate=26 March 2015}}</ref> He was the first [[Sikh]] to be an English Football referee.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Sikhs-in-other-sports-countries-never-told-to-remove-turbans/articleshow/38939493.cms | title=Sikhs in other sports & countries never told to remove turbans | work=The Times of India| accessdate=26 March 2015}}</ref>

==Career==
Singh took up refereeing in 1985,<ref name="flprofile" /> after taking his exam in order to improve his frequent outings as [[Official (sports)#Football (association)|club linesman]] for the youth team he managed.<ref name="flinterview" /> He progressed through lower leagues in the [[Wolverhampton]] area and then into the [[Conference South]] regionally,<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=810&seasonid=133 Conference South referee], until 2004 season: [[soccerbase]].com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.</ref> before being appointed as a [[The Football League|Football League]] [[Assistant referee (association football)|assistant referee]] in 1999. Whilst still a Conference referee, he was put in charge of an [[FA Vase]] [[semi-final]] first leg tie, between [[Oadby Town F.C.|Oadby Town]] and [[Brigg Town F.C.|Brigg Town]] on 22 March 2003,<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=385317 FA Vase semi-final first leg], 2003: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.</ref> and, shortly before his elevation to Football League referee for the [[2004–05 in English football|2004–05]] season,<ref name="flprofile" /> he was appointed to the middle for the [[Conference National#Past Conference winners|Football Conference Playoff]] semi-final first leg between [[Aldershot Town F.C.|Aldershot Town]] and [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] on 29 April 2004.<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=421701 Football Conference Playoff semi-final first leg], 2004: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.</ref>

His first match after his promotion was the [[Football League Two]] encounter between [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] and [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] at the [[Memorial Stadium (Bristol)|Memorial Stadium]] on 10 August 2004, in which he [[Misconduct (football)#Sending-off offences (red card)|sent off]] [[Colin Woodthorpe]] of Bury in the 65th minute.<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=427811 First ever Football League match as referee], Bristol Rovers v. Bury, 2004: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.</ref>

His final match before retirement was on 1 May 2010, refereeing a [[Football League One|League One]] game between [[Yeovil Town F.C.|Yeovil Town]] versus [[Oldham Athletic F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] at [[Huish Park]] in [[Yeovil]]. Before the match he was unusually signing autographs and having photos taken with fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/sport/8133322.Yeovil_Town_thank_referee_Jarnail_Singh/ |title=Yeovil Town thank referee Jarnail Singh |publisher=Yeovil Express |date=3 May 2010 |accessdate=9 December 2017 }}</ref>

He has refereed at international level taking charge of a friendly game between [[China national football team|China]] and [[United Arab Emirates national football team|UAE]] in October 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/jarnail-singh/3/1/freundschaft-2011/ | title=Jarnail Singh | publisher=worldfootball.net | accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref>

As a role model, [[The Football Association|The FA]] acknowledged the importance of his visibility.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmcumeds/89/89we03.htm |title=Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Racism in Football. Written evidence submitted by The Football Association (The FA) |website=publications.parliament.uk |accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> In 2012, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the first Asian Football Awards supported by the Football Association and the anti-discrimination organisation, [[Kick It Out (organisation)|Kick It Out]].<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.thefa.com/news/governance/equality/2012/aug/asian-football-awards-2012 | title=Asian stars rewarded at Wembley | publisher=[[The Football Association]] |date=5 August 2012 |accessdate=26 March 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Singh is employed by the Metropolitan Police as a [[Police Community Support Officer]] in London, and is married with two children, Sunny and Bhupsy Gill, who are now also qualified referees.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.refworld.com/referee/167/1 |title=refworld.com |access-date=2 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529032249/http://www.refworld.com/referee/167/1 |archive-date=29 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 13 August 2022, Sunny become the first British South Asian to referee an EFL fixture, since his father, for over a decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2022/august/sunny-singh-gill-to-become-first-south-asian-to-referee-an-efl-fixture-in-over-a-decade/ |title=Sunny Singh Gill to become first British South Asian to referee an EFL fixture in over a decade |publisher=EFL |date=11 August 2022 |accessdate=14 August 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Soccerbase referee|810}}
*{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529032249/http://www.refworld.com/referee/167/1 |date=29 May 2010 |title=National Group Profile - Jarnail Singh at refworld.com}}

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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:English football referees]]
[[Category:People from Hounslow]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Hounslow]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Wolverhampton]]
[[Category:British people of Punjabi descent]]
[[Category:British people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:British police officers]]
[[Category:British sportspeople of Indian descent]]

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