RateTheRef

I have a feeling that Riley wants to test Tierney for a possible promotion on June. It's not a secret that UEFA is interested in domestic performances apart from the International ones. I know that Tierney had no appointment in Europe this season but that doesn't mean anything.

edy, I recall that the reason Alan Wiley never made F.I.F.A. 15 years or so ago was due to age.  I seem to recall there was an age limit of 39.  Does that still apply?

Pawson will be 42 in March I believe and Tierney was 40 on Christmas Day.  As has been mentioned, Kavanagh is several years younger - 36 I think.
Once appointed to the International List, is there an age (official or otherwise) when a referee would not be promoted to the Elite Group?
Taylor was 38/39 and Oliver 32/33 if I'm not mistaken and both had been F.I.F.A. for some 4 or 5 years before reaching Elite.

With that in mind, is Kavanagh perhaps the only realistic prospect of the present group to make Elite?