Darren Goldspink

Darren Goldspink
Personal information
Full name Darren Goldspink
Date of birth (1964-09-12) 12 September 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Australia
Umpiring career
Years League Role Games
1989–2007 AFL Field umpire 371

Darren Goldspink (born 12 September 1964) is a former Australian rules football umpire in the Australian Football League who umpired 371 games over 18 seasons, including six AFL Grand Finals.[1]

Goldspink was awarded the prestigious All-Australian Umpire award three times in his career during the years 1993, 1995 and 2005, earning himself an AFL Grand Final appointment on each occasion.[2] He also umpired in the 1998, 2000 and 2006 AFL Grand Finals.[3]


Prior to the 2007 AFL season, Goldspink was dropped by the AFL umpiring panel due to lack of fitness.[4] He returned after attaining the levels required, and he umpired again in Round 10, 2007. Two rounds later (in Round 17), Goldspink umpired his 350th VFL/AFL match, before retiring at the end of the year.

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - Umpires - Darren Goldspink". afltables.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ "AFL announces 2023 All-Australian umpires". afl.com.au. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ AFL Umpires Association Grand Finals Listing Archived 2009-09-12 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed on 21 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Darren Goldspink dropped from AFL umpiring". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2007.