Darren Goldspink

{{Short description|Australian rules football umpire}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|9|12|df=y}}

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| umpireleague1 = AFL

| umpirerole1 = Field umpire

| umpireyears1 =1989–2007

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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.{{Cite web |title=AFL Tables - Umpires - Darren Goldspink |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/umpires/Darren_Goldspink.html |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=afltables.com}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-30 |title=AFL announces 2023 All-Australian umpires |url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/1021049/afl-announces-2023-all-australian-umpires |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=afl.com.au |language=en}} He also umpired in the 1998, 2000 and 2006 AFL Grand Finals.[http://www.aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060A0E0009 AFL Umpires Association Grand Finals Listing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912190052/http://www.aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060A0E0009 |date=2009-09-12 }}. Accessed on 21 September 2008.

Prior to the 2007 AFL season, Goldspink was dropped by the AFL umpiring panel due to lack of fitness.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sporttalk.com.au/darren-goldspink-dropped-from-afl-umpiring/ |title=Darren Goldspink dropped from AFL umpiring |access-date=26 March 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910203246/http://www.sporttalk.com.au/darren-goldspink-dropped-from-afl-umpiring/ |archive-date=10 September 2012 |url-status=dead }} 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.