GAA make huge announcement around upcoming All-Ireland hurling final between Cork and Tipperary
It will be the Galway native's first time taking charge of a senior decider.
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Gordon will be the man in the middle when the two sides clash at 3.30pm on Sunday July 20
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Tipp haven't lifted Liam MacCarthy since 2019 while 2005 was the last time it ended up on Leeside
In a statement, the GAA outlined: "The GAA is delighted to confirm that Liam Gordon from Galway will be the referee for the 2025 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final on July 20, between Cork and Tipperary, in what will be Liam's first Senior Final.
"Liam is a member of the Killimor club and has also refereed the 2019 U20 final between Cork and Tipperary, the 2020 Joe McDonagh Final, the 2024 Munster Hurling Final, and the All-Ireland Senior Club Final in 2025.
"In this year's Hurling Championship, Liam has refereed Clare vs. Cork and Limerick vs. Cork in the Munster Championship, Leinster Championship, Antrim vs. Dublin, along with the All-Ireland Quarter Final involving Dublin vs. Limerick.
"In the Allianz League, he refereed matches between Wexford and Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork, and Clare and Cork.
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"The Final will be Liam's 18th Liam MacCarthy game to referee since his first in 2020.
"His umpires on the day will be Damien Gibbons, Alan McClearn, John Larkin, and Ollie Reilly, all from the Killimor club.
"His line umpires on the day will be Dublin's Seán Stack and Waterford's Thomas Walsh.
"Seán will be the standby referee, and the Sideline Official will be Colm McDonald from Antrim. Dickie Murphy from Wexford will be the Hawk-Eye Official."
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Tuesday also saw Premier boss Liam Cahill
Noel McGrath's wide in
Watch RTE pundits' contrasting reaction to full-time whistle of Tipperary's epic win over Kilkenny
Believing they were three points down, the Cats chased a goal in vain before the Premier advanced to the All-Ireland final against
And boss Cahill lauded the Cats for leaving it at that ahead of their July 20 showdown against the Rebels.
He said: 'We know Kilkenny from the start of time are a huge hurling county and I said that afterwards.
"Like ourselves, if Kilkenny don't win it on the field, they ain't going to bring it to the boardroom, that's for sure.
'For me, we were going on the scoreboard. Through Declan Laffan and the lads down the earpiece, there might have been a little query alright but for us we were playing what was in front of us.
'HUMAN ERROR'
'What can we say sure, it's human error, that's the bottom line. A mistake was made but it had no effect on us, on what we wanted to achieve at the end of the day, which was just to get the result.
'Everybody in the GAA, we do our best to try and do things voluntary and keep things as right as we can and unfortunately it was just human error. What can be done, only move on.
'It was out of our control, really. It is unfortunate. From the outset, these boys here were just concentrating on getting over the line.
'Look, you can go into all the ins and out of it, there were several other passages of play, decisions that work out throughout the 74-plus minutes.
'The reality is that's what big matches like that are made of and you just roll with the punches and you take the hits.'
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