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		</div><p>Rebecca Welch has become the first female referee to be appointed to take charge of an English Football League game.</p>
<p>The PA news agency understands she is set to officiate the League Two game between Harrogate and Port Vale on Easter Monday.</p>
<p>Welch has officiated seven National League games this season, but will create history by refereeing the match at the The EnviroVent Stadium next week.</p>
<p>The 37-year-old, from Washington, Durham, refereed the 2017 Women’s FA Cup final.</p>
<p>Welch told Sky Sports News: “I am still kind of trying to let it sink in at the minute. I got the news on Saturday and still haven’t come back down to earth.</p>
<p>“It’s very exciting, it is really good for me and the next steps of my career. I am very fortunate to be given this opportunity and really excited.”</p>
<p>Amy Fearn was the first woman to referee an EFL game as she came on as an injury replacement in the 2010 Championship game between Coventry and Nottingham Forest.</p>
<p>But Welch is the first to be given a game from the off.</p>
<p>She added: “My dad is my biggest fan so pre-Covid he came to every single game, he was over the moon. My mum doesn’t know a lot about football so she is excited but I don’t think she knows why she is excited. They are really proud so that is really nice.”</p>
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