Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly may refer to:

Ooberman

Ooberman are a band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album Hey Petrunko, but announced their reformation in April 2006 and began releasing music again soon thereafter.

History

Early years

Ooberman founders Dan Popplewell and Andy Flett met over a piano at their school in Bradford, 1988. The first band they set up was The Forestry Commission, with Flett's younger brother, Steve on bass guitar. The band's life soon ended when Popplewell moved to Liverpool, but the three friends kept in touch.

Steve Flett moved to Liverpool in 1992, and Andy Flett later joined him in 1996/7, after commuting back and forth from Birmingham where he was studying. Ooberman was then born, complete with Alan Kelly (Drums) and last member Sophia Churney (keyboards and vocals). The first Ooberman gig was in June 1997, and their eccentric live shows and quirky demos won them the 1997 BT Merseyside Arts Award for Best Newcomers.

Alan Kelly (referee)

Alan Kelly (born 9 April 1975) is a FIFA Referee from the Republic of Ireland. He officiates primarily in the League of Ireland and has been on the FIFA list since 2002. He has been regarded as Ireland’s top referee for the last number of years. In 2013, he joined the MLS as a referee.

Career

Kelly took up refereeing in 1994 and joined the Cork Branch of the Irish Soccer Referees Society (ISRS). He refereed in local leagues including the Munster Senior League.

He joined the League of Ireland Referees Panel in 1999 while participating in the first FAI Referee’s School of Excellence. Since then he has refereed at over 350 matches in the top flight of Irish football.

In 2000 he was selected to referee the League of Ireland Cup Final between Derry City and Limerick City the first of 4 Senior Domestic Cup Finals he has been appointed to, to date.

He refereed his first FAI Cup Final in 2003 when Longford Town beat St Patricks Athletic in Lansdowne Road and became one of only a few Irish referees to referee multiple FAI Cup Finals when he took charge of the game between Sporting Fingal and Sligo Rovers in 2009 at Tallaght Stadium.