Mike Dean is an English former professional football referee and currently a video assistant referee (VAR) primarily in the Premier League. He is based in Heswall, Wirral, in North West England, and is a member of the Cheshire County Football Association.
Dean in 2016
Dean receives treatment after being struck by a coin during a South Wales derby in 2009.
Dean brandishing a yellow card in a match between Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion in April 2017.
The 2003 FA Cup final was the 122nd final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest domestic football cup competition. The final took place on Saturday 17 May 2003 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, in front of a crowd of 73,726. It was the third consecutive year the final was played at the stadium, due to the ongoing reconstruction of Wembley Stadium, the final's usual venue. The 2003 final was the first to be played indoors; the roof was closed because of bad weather. The clubs contesting the final were Arsenal, the holders of the competition and Southampton. This was Arsenal's sixteenth appearance in a final to Southampton's fourth.
The match programme cover
Sir Bobby Robson was the chief guest for the final, and presented the trophy to the winners
Robert Pires scored the only goal of the final