Background
He was born on 24 October 1957.
association football referee referee
He was born on 24 October 1957.
Steve Dunn started refereeing local matches in 1978. He progressed through the Gloucestershire County League, the Western League and the Football Conference to become a linesman in the Football League in 1986. His appointment to the Football League list of referees came in 1992, and in the same year he became one of the first of the new Fédération internationale de football association assistant referees.
Dunn"s first ever Premiership match was on 23 August 1995, when Tottenham lost 1–0 at home to Aston Villa, the only goal coming from Ugo Ehiogu.
He reached the Fédération internationale de football association list of referees in 1997. He completed six years at this level, stepping down at the age of 45 in 2002, although he continued refereeing as an over-age official in the "domestic" competitions until 2005.
In 2000, he was the man in the middle at the FA Trophy Final between Kingstonian F.C. and Kettering Town. He would go on to referee Football League Cup semi-finals in 2002 and 2004.
He was appointed to referee for the following season (2005-2006) but made no appearances due to injury.
Rothmans / Sky Sports Football Yearbooks, 1992–2005.