DanCohen17
Simply The Best
Whilst I fully & firmly believe Michael's rise was helped by the high-ranking position and knowledge of his father, I vehemently disagree with you that 'he still looks out of place'. I don't think he looked out of place 5 years ago when he was appointed, and definitely not now. I do think he's still not quite ready for the 'massive' games, but the guy's still in his 20's, so what do you expect?Hmmmm.
Youngest referee to officiate at Wembley.
Youngest ever EPL 4th official
Youngest referee to referee in the EPL(where he still looks out of place 4/5 years later)
Youngest ever FL AR
Youngest ever FL ref
I'm sure his rise wasn't "lubricated" in the slightest.
The current situation of dad/son/future daughter in high ranking positions is incredulous and no reasonable person would believe this purely coincidence.
In terms of his other half, she was appointed to Northumberland RDO as a part-time RDO when Clive Oliver stepped up from RDO to (I think) CEO. He still does a number of the things an RDO would do, along with Lucy.
Finally, with the exceptions of being on the SG panel of referees, Michael Oliver holds no further 'high-ranking position' having stepped down from his role as academy development following the incident in relation to the OP of this thread!