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Mike Dean ballooned to 19 stone and worked at chicken factory before big referee break

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Premier League. But once upon a time, the official from Wirral had to graft his way to the top - and it has not been an easy ride - after starting out life at a chicken factory.

Dean's life was a mixture of long hours and a lack of sleep as he tried to combine his passion with his job, and he admitted that he killed 135,000 chickens during his time at the factory.

He told BBC Sport : "I was up at half four and in work [at the chicken factory] for 5am. I finished my shift at 2pm and then I'd get in the car, maybe drive to Carlisle to referee, then get home for 3am and then be back up at 5am for work. "It was tough but I wouldn't change it.

I've just loved football from forever."I started [refereeing] in 1985 when I finished school and put on loads of weight and didn't have a job for six months.

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