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Howard Webb is an English football referee known for officiating matches at the highest levels of the sport. He matters because referees play a crucial role in enforcing the rules and making key decisions that directly affect the outcome of games.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1971-07-14
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Howard Webb Autobiography
- Man in the Middle
- Redemptive Family
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- Listeners
- 17
- Total plays
- 165
Howard Melton Webb (born 14 July 1971) is an English football referee who operates in the Premier League and has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2005. He lives in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Howard+Webb">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Full name
- Howard Melton Webb
- Born
- ( 1971-07-14 ) 14 July 1971 (age 54) , Rotherham , England
- Other occupation
- Police Officer with South Yorkshire Police
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Howard Melton Webb MBE (born 14 July 1971) is an English former professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League from 2003 to 2014, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee from 2005 to 2014.
Webb is counted amongst the all-time top referees by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics and refereed a number of notable matches in England including the FA Cup final, the FA Community Shield and the final of the League Cup. In 2010, he became the first person to referee the finals of both the UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup in the same year.
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1971 births2010 FIFA World Cup referees2014 FIFA World Cup refereesBritish police officersEnglish autobiographersEnglish football refereesFA Cup final refereesFIFA World Cup finals match officialsLiving peopleMembers of the Order of the British EmpirePremier League refereesSportspeople from Rotherham