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Also known as Howard Melton Webb

English football referee

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Howard Webb is a male association football referee from the United Kingdom. Born in Rotherham on 14 July 1971, he began his work period in 1993. Webb represents England in the sport and has held the position of FIFA referee. He is a member of the Order of the British Empire and stands 188 centimeters tall. His nickname is Shrek, and he speaks English.

Webb is the spouse of Bibiana Steinhaus. He has authored three works, including *Howard Webb Autobiography*, *Man in the Middle*, and *Redemptive Family*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Howard Webb Autobiography
  • Man in the Middle
  • Redemptive Family

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1940-10-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

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>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Basic local alignment search tool

    · 1990 · cited 80,810x

  2. <i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program

    · 2009 · cited 31,420x

  3. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment

    · 2005 · cited 21,949x

  4. MobileNetV2: Inverted Residuals and Linear Bottlenecks

    · 2018 · cited 21,928x

  5. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,263x

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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
Years
League
1993 1995
Northern Counties East
1995 1998
Northern Counties East
1996 1998
Football League
1998 2000
Premier League
2000 2003
Football League
2003 2014
Premier League
2005 2014
FIFA listed

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Howard Webb” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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