Referees Initial Age

Rankings ➔

The list shows data counting from season 1965-66

#	Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Province	S	R	IA
1	Michael Leslie Dean	02/06/1968	Wirral	England	22	561	32 99d
2	Martin Atkinson	31/03/1971	Drighlington	England	18	463	33 171d
3	Anthony Taylor	20/10/1978	Manchester	England	16	401	31 106d
4	Michael Oliver	20/02/1985	Ashington	England	15	400	25 182d
5	Andre Marriner	01/01/1971	Birmingham	England	19	391	33 317d
6	Graham Poll	29/07/1963	Hitchin	England	14	329	30 65d
7	Philip Dowd	26/01/1963	Leek	England	14	308	38 316d
8	Howard Melton Webb	14/07/1971	Yorkshire	England	11	298	32 96d
9	Mark Clattenburg	13/03/1975	Consett	England	13	291	29 161d
10	Lee Stephen Mason	29/10/1971	Portsmouth	England	16	290	34 98d
11	Mark Richard Halsey	08/07/1961	Welwyn Garden City	England	14	281	38 37d
12	Michael Austin Riley	17/12/1964	Leeds	England	13	280	31 248d
13	Alan G. Wiley	27/05/1960	Burntwood	England	11	275	39 76d
14	Jonathan Moss	18/10/1970	Sunderland	England	12	274	40 78d
15	Kevin Friend	08/07/1971	Tottenham	England	13	270	38 74d
16	Craig Pawson	02/03/1979	Sheffield	England	13	268	34 0d
17	Dermot Joseph Gallagher	20/05/1957	Ringsend		16	265	34 166d
18	Christopher J. Foy	20/11/1962	St. Helens	England	14	262	39 25d
19	Paul Anthony Durkin	15/08/1955	Bradford Ravenscliffe	England	16	258	33 103d
20	Stephen Graham Bennett	17/01/1961	Farnborough	England	11	255	38 209d
21	David Roland Elleray	03/09/1954	Harrow	England	17	232	32 206d
22	Stuart Steven Attwell	06/10/1982	Nuneaton	England	15	219	25 322d
23	Robert Styles	21/04/1964	Waterlooville	England	9	211	36 124d
24	Michael Donald Reed	22/10/1951	West Heath	England	14	205	34 354d
25	Michael J. Jones	18/04/1968	Chester	England	10	203	40 134d
26	Stephen W. Dunn	24/10/1957	Bristol	England	10	198	37 303d
27	Stephen John Lodge	26/09/1952	Barnsley	England	13	190	36 12d
28	Jeffrey Winter	18/04/1955	Middlesbrough	England	9	185	40 127d
29	Paul Tierney	25/12/1980	Wigan	England	10	183	33 248d
30	Lee William Probert	13/08/1972	South Gloucestershire	England	12	181	34 153d
31	Uriah Denzel Rennie	23/10/1959			11	177	30 131d
32	Martin John Dale Bodenham	23/04/1950	Brighton	England	17	176	31 289d
33	Peter Walton	10/10/1959	Long Buckby	England	9	170	44 15d
34	Graham Peter Barber	05/06/1958	Tring	England	8	167	38 77d
35	Chris Kavanagh	04/09/1985	Ashton-under-Lyne	England	9	164	31 216d
36	Neale Stuart Barry	04/06/1958	Scunthorpe	England	8	157	39 69d
37	Alan Wilkie	1951	Chester Le Street	England	11	157	38
38	Peter Jones	24/02/1954	Loughborough	England	11	155	34 325d
39	Keith Stuart Hackett	22/06/1944	Sheffield	England	18	146	32 179d
40	Joseph Bertram Worrall	21/10/1945	Warrington	England	19	142	31 166d
41	Alan Gunn	23/01/1943	Brighton	England	17	140	34 272d
42	William Keith Burge	10/08/1950	Tonypandy	Wales	13	137	36 230d
43	Gerald Royston Ashby	06/11/1949	Worcester	England	13	135	36 175d
44	Brian Hill	29/04/1947	Barton Seagrave	England	17	132	31 352d
45	Neil Swarbrick	20/12/1965	Preston	England	8	132	44 356d
46	Keith Cooper	21/03/1948	Pontypridd	Wales	14	128	34 356d
47	Simon Hooper	15/07/1982	Swindon	England	9	126	33 24d
48	Clive Thomas	27/06/1936	Treorchy	Wales	18	122	30 264d
49	Andrew Paul D'Urso	30/11/1963	Hackney	England	7	119	35 264d
50	George Courtney	04/06/1941	Spennymoor	England	17	117	34 206d
51	John Keith Taylor	21/05/1930	Wolverhampton	England	13	116	35 99d
52	Roger G. Milford	1940	Oldland Common	England	13	116	42
53	Andrew Madley	05/09/1983	Huddersfield	England	8	113	34 207d
54	David Coote	11/07/1982	Newark-on-Trent	England	8	112	35 291d
55	Johnathan Edward Martin	18/07/1939	Alton	England	15	111	39 165d
56	Lawrence Roger Dilkes	16/08/1948	Mossley	England	14	110	35 172d
57	Raymond S. Lewis	30/03/1944	Great Bookham	England	17	107	32 207d
58	Graham David Scott	10/10/1968	Oxfordshire	England	10	106	46 50d
59	Victor G. Callow	1945	Solihull	England	15	105	35
60	Robert Alan Hart	09/10/1947	Darlington	England	10	104	39 84d
61	Paul Edward Alcock	27/10/1953	Redhill	England	8	103	35 79d
62	Patrick Partridge	30/06/1933	Billingham	England	15	102	33 267d
63	William John Gow	03/10/1930	Swansea	Wales	13	101	34 350d
64	Gary Stephen Willard	03/09/1959	Worthing	England	6	100	32 81d
65	Kenneth Howard Burns	1931	Wordsley	England	13	99	34
66	Terence J. Holbrook	06/12/1945	Wolverhampton	England	12	98	37 110d
67	Keith Styles		Barnsley	England	14	94
68	Philip Don	10/03/1952	Sheffield	England	9	93	34 320d
69	Robert Madley	06/10/1985	Wakefield	England	8	93	27 203d
70	Peter Bankes	18/05/1982		England	6	93	37 105d
71	Neil Midgley	09/09/1942	Salford	England	15	93	35 115d
72	Keren P. J. Barratt	02/1946	Coventry	England	13	92	36
73	Robert Jones	04/04/1987	Chester	England	6	92	32 261d
74	Roger East	12/05/1965	Wiltshire	England	7	91	47 112d
75	Michael G. Peck	06/09/1945	Kendal	England	16	90	32 200d
76	Lester C. Shapter	10/1939	Paignton	England	17	87	37
77	John Hunting	15/08/1935	Leicester	England	15	87	34 228d
78	Raymond Tinkler	1929	Boston	England	11	85	36
79	Kelvin Morton	01/1946	Great Barton	England	9	84	41
80	Ronald Challis	1932	Tonbridge	England	13	83	37
81	David B. Allison	27/09/1948	Lancaster	England	14	82	32 189d
82	Kenneth A. Redfern	1943	Whitley Bay	England	15	80	36
83	Edward David Wallace		Swindon	England	11	77
84	Darren England	23/12/1985	Doncaster	England	6	77	34 26d
85	Harrison New	1927	Bristol	England	10	76	38
86	Rodger B. Gifford	12/04/1948	Ystrad Mynach	Wales	11	76	36 296d
87	Barry Knight	07/05/1960	Orpington	England	7	74	39 95d
88	Trelford Mills	02/01/1942	Barnsley	England	14	73	34 360d
89	Roger Kirkpatrick	1931	Narborouth Road South	England	13	73	36
90	Kenneth William Baker	1939	Rugby	England	15	72	33
91	Harold Davey	1930	Hucknall	England	10	71	35
92	Bartley John Homewood	03/07/1932	Sunbury-on-Thames	England	13	70	34 299d
93	Robert Matthewson	13/04/1930	Ainsworth	England	9	70	38 231d
94	Brian T. Stevens	13/09/1939	Leonard Stanley	England	14	68	38 32d
95	Norman Charles Henry Burtenshaw	09/02/1926	Great Yarmouth	England	8	68	39 193d
96	Gordon Cecil Kew	04/06/1930	South Shields	England	11	66	36 182d
97	Gordon Wilkinson Hill	08/07/1928	Bolton	England	9	66	38 148d
98	George M. Tyson	22/05/1939	Sunderland	England	12	66	39 308d
99	Vincent James	1927	York	England	9	66	38
100	Ian James Borrett	1945	Harleston	England	12	66	37
101	Paul Steven Danson	02/05/1958	Leicester	England	7	65	29 266d
102	Anthony W. Ward	05/12/1941	London	England	11	64	39 288d
103	Jarred Gavan Gillett	01/11/1986	Gold Coast		4	63	34 328d
104	Brian H. Daniels	1936	Rainham	England	14	62	32
105	John Edmund Cornwall Brooks	1990	Melton Mowbray	England	4	61	31
106	David Hutchinson	1940	Burn Bridge	England	12	61	38
107	Trevor David Spencer	07/1937	Salisbury	England	13	61	35
108	Alan Robinson	26/11/1937	Waterlooville	England	12	61	37 137d
109	Thomas Henry Charles Reynolds	06/03/1934	Swansea	Wales	11	61	34 269d
110	Dennis A. Hedges	1941	Oxford	England	11	60	39
111	David William Smith	10/11/1926	Stonehouse	England	7	60	38 319d
112	Neville James Ashley	30/09/1938	Nantwich	England	12	59	37 137d
113	Peter Reeves	12/1932	Leicester	England	9	59	41
114	Derek Reginald George Nippard	1930	Christchurch	England	10	59	38
115	John M. Key	1946	Wickersley	England	12	58	36
116	Peter N. Willis	26/10/1937	Meadowfield	England	13	58	36 134d
117	David J. Axcell	1944	Southend	England	11	58	38
118	Alan B. Seville	1941	Birmingham	England	13	55	38
119	Raymond Toseland		Kettering	England	10	54
120	James Finney	17/08/1924	St. Helens	England	6	54	41 67d
121	Malcolm Vince Sinclair	24/03/1935	Guildford	England	12	53	32 155d
122	Howard William King	01/09/1946	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	14	53	34 215d
123	Dennis Turner	1935	Cannock	England	10	53	35
124	John C. Deakin	1944	Llantwit Major	Wales	12	53	37
125	Iorwerth Price Jones	18/12/1927	Bedlinog	Wales	9	53	39 6d
126	Kenneth Walmsley	1939	Thornton	England	13	53	36
127	Arthur Jones	1930	Aughton	England	12	52	36
128	Ronald G. Groves	1945	Weston super Mare	England	9	52	40
129	Anthony Edward Morrissey		Bramhall	England	10	52
130	Robert J. Harris	19/08/1956	Oxford	England	3	51	42 3d
131	Peter R. Walters	1930	Bridgwater	England	11	51	36
132	Robert F. Nixon	1944	West Kirby	England	13	51	36
133	Donald Shaw	1940	Sandbach	England	11	51	37
134	Kevin Howley	17/05/1924	Billingham	England	6	51	41 100d
135	Leo Callaghan	05/02/1924	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	6	50	41 260d
136	Keith Edwin Walker	21/12/1930	Manchester	England	8	50	34 257d
137	Colin Downey	1939	Hounslow	England	10	50	38
138	Colin N. Seel	1939	Carlisle	England	13	49	36
139	Alfred N. Buksh	1945	London	England	10	49	39
140	Darryl V. Reeves	1940	Denham Green	England	13	49	36
141	Thomas G. Bune		Plaistow	England	10	48
142	John H. Yates	04/07/1930	Redditch	England	11	48	36 306d
143	Harold Prior Hackney	1929	Barnsley	England	9	47	36
144	Roy Capey		Madeley Heath	England	9	47
145	David Richardson	28/05/1937	Great Harwood	England	11	47	37 151d
146	Harold Williams		Sheffield	England	9	45
147	Matthew David Messias	07/05/1964	Hatfield	England	5	45	36 223d
148	Michael Salisbury	1985	Penwortham	England	4	45	36
149	Thomas W. Dawes	1927	Nelson	England	9	45	38
150	Michael Taylor		Deal	England	9	45
151	David Scott	1942	Burnley	England	10	44	39
152	Maurice A. Fussey		Retford	England	7	44
153	Daniel Stephen Charles Vickers	1941	Redbridge	England	10	44	39
154	Michael Lowe		Sheffield	England	9	43
155	Dennis Joseph Lyden	19/12/1926	Birmingham	England	7	43	38 256d
156	Walter Barry Johnson		Kendal	England	9	43
157	Alfred William Grey	02/02/1935	Great Yarmouth	England	10	41	39 63d
158	Ronald Bridges	10/11/1940	Deeside	Wales	11	41	38 162d
159	Michael L. James	1945	Horsham	England	11	41	37
160	Eric Read		Bristol	England	10	40
161	Peter Baldwin	1930	Thornton-in-Cleveland	England	9	40	36
162	Dennis A. Corbett	1925	Wolverhampton	England	7	40	40
163	Kevin McNally	05/05/1941	Ellesmere Port	England	8	39	32 336d
164	Peter Foakes	11/09/1946	Clacton on Sea	England	7	39	41 113d
165	Tim Robinson	1984	West Sussex	England	4	39	35
166	Samuel Barrott	1993	Yorkshire	England	2	38	30
167	John D. Hough	11/1937	Macclesfield	England	11	38	39
168	John Anthony Moules	1946	Ingatestone	England	11	38	36
169	Derek Walter Lloyd	1935	Fernhill Heath	England	8	38	41
170	Tony Harrington	1990	Hartlepool	England	4	37	31
171	Vernon J. Batty	1930	Helsby	England	8	37	35
172	Arnold Challinor		Maltby	England	7	37
173	Anthony Richard Glasson	1935	Salisbury	England	8	36	40
174	Jim Ashworth	1944	Rutland	England	8	36	40
175	Gilbert James Napthine	01/10/1938	Laughborough	England	9	36	40 132d
176	Clive Richard Wilkes	1954	Corse	England	4	35	37
177	Leslie Frederick George Burden	06/1937	Weymouth	England	9	35	40
178	Peter A. Tyldesley	1943	Bredbury	England	12	34	37
179	Donald J. Biddle		Bristol	England	8	34
180	Kenneth Salmon		Barnet	England	7	33
181	John Walter Lloyd	15/02/1948	Wrexham	Wales	9	33	37 358d
182	John E. Thacker		Scarborough	England	8	32
183	Eric Thomas Jennings	22/01/1923	Worcester	England	5	32	42 236d
184	Howard Taylor	1940	Oadby	England	9	31	41
185	Claude Lambert Newsome		Telford	England	8	31
186	Alex Hamil	1937	Ettingshall Park	England	8	31	38
187	David T. Phillips	1944	Barnsley	England	7	30	42
188	Frederick M. Nicholson		Manchester	England	7	30
189	Jeffrey E. Bray	1939	Hinckley	England	9	30	39
190	Ron C. Crabb	1931	Exeter	England	8	30	40
191	Thomas William Bramall	1990	Sheffield	England	3	30	32
192	Alan Saunders	1937	Newcastle	England	8	30	42
193	Mark P. T. Scott	1943	West Bridgford	England	8	29	36
194	John Lovatt	1939	Wistaston	England	8	29	41
195	Brian Martin		Keyworth	England	6	28
196	George Flint		Kirkby-in-Ashfield	England	7	28
197	Cliff Maskell		Cambridge	England	6	28
198	Ralph B. Lee		Cheadle	England	5	28
199	William G. Handley		Cannock	England	4	27
200	Stephen Bates		Bristol	England	6	27
201	Derek Richardson		Lincoln	England	5	27
202	Thomas Fitzharris	1945	Ladybridge	England	11	27	37
203	Roy Harper		Sheffield	England	4	27
204	Kevin J. Breen	1948	Maghull	England	7	27	38
205	Ffrangcon Roberts	1941	Prestatyn	Wales	9	26	41
206	Stephen J. Tanner	21/10/1970	Briston	England	3	26	36 63d
207	Norman H. Glover	1943	Adlington	England	9	25	35
208	David Letts		Basingstoke	England	6	25
209	Lancelot Maurice Robinson	1941	Sutton Coldfield	England	8	25	39
210	David Laing		Penwortham	England	7	25
211	George McCabe	13/03/1922	Sheffield	England	4	25	43 182d
212	Edward Jolly		Manchester	England	5	25
213	Robert L. Hamer	1945	Brislington	England	7	24	41
214	Terence Leonard Morris	1940	Rotherham	England	6	24	37
215	George Hartley		Wakefield	England	4	24
216	Derek Civil	1934	Great Barr	England	8	24	42
217	Robert Norman Perkin		Stafford	England	7	24
218	Darren Bond	1978	Wigan	England	3	23	45
219	Clive Bradley White	02/05/1940	London	England	7	23	35 211d
220	Robert Allan Banks	01/1942	Manchester	England	7	23	38
221	Peter Richardson		Lincolnshire	England	6	23
222	Arthur E. Dimond		Harlow	England	6	23
223	Arthur L. Hart		Borough Green	England	4	22
224	Jim Bent	1931	Hemel Hempstead	England	5	22	42
225	David Smith		Hornchurch	England	3	22
226	Raymond L. Johnson	1930	Lowestoft	England	6	22	36
227	William S. Castle		Sedgley	England	6	22
228	Derek Owen		Bebington	England	6	22
229	Michael Dimblebee	1941	Chells	England	7	22	40
230	Charles Henry Nicholls	22/08/1925	Plymouth	England	5	22	42 4d
231	Paul W. Vanes	1947	Warney	England	7	21	38
232	Leslie Hayes		Doncaster	England	4	21
233	John David Williams		Wrexham	Wales	4	21
234	Sydney J. Kayley		Preston	England	7	20
235	Malcolm J. Heath	1943	Stoke-on-Trent	England	8	20	37
236	Anthony Philip Oliver	06/03/1931	Leigh-on-Sea	England	5	20	38 257d
237	Gwyn Pierce Owen	18/04/1934	Anglesey	England	5	20	44 11d
238	Edward Kevin Wolstenholme	1954	Preston	England	2	20	47
239	Raymond Chadwick	18/03/1935	Darwen	England	6	20	42 344d
240	Terry Farley	1933	Newton Aycliffe	England	6	19	38
241	Horace Reginald Robinson		Woodbridge	England	5	19
242	Kenneth Dagnall	30/01/1921	Bolton	England	3	19	44 205d
243	Michael Kerkhof		Bicester	England	6	19
244	George Nolan		Hazel Grove	England	5	19
245	John R. Osborne		Ipswich	England	5	19
246	James E. Carr		Sheffield	England	3	18
247	Trevor Simpson	1942	Sowerby Bridge	England	7	18	43
248	Ivan Thomas Smith	1929	Accrington	England	5	18	42
249	Frank Cowen		Manchester	England	4	18
250	Harold Richards		Oldham	England	3	18

2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66	1955-56	1945-46	1935-36
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75	1964-65	1954-55	1944-45	1934-35
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74	1963-64	1953-54	1943-44	1933-34
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73	1962-63	1952-53	1942-43	1932-33
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72	1961-62	1951-52	1941-42	1931-32
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71	1960-61	1950-51	1940-41	1930-31
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70	1959-60	1949-50	1939-40	1929-30
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69	1958-59	1948-49		1928-29
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68	1957-58	1947-48
2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67	1956-57	1946-47

2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66 (1 2)	1955-56 (1 2)	1945-46	1935-36 (1 2 3)
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75	1964-65 (1 2)	1954-55 (1 2)	1944-45	1934-35 (1 2 3)
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74	1963-64 (1 2)	1953-54 (1 2)	1943-44	1933-34
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73	1962-63 (1 2)	1952-53 (1 2)	1942-43 (1 2 3)	1932-33
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72	1961-62 (1 2)	1951-52 (1 2)	1941-42 (1 2 3)	1931-32
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71	1960-61 (1 2)	1950-51 (1 2)	1940-41 (1 2)	1930-31
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70	1959-60 (1 2)	1949-50 (1 2)	1939-40 (1 2 3 4 5)	1929-30
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69	1958-59 (1 2)	1948-49		1928-29 (A B)
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68 (1 2)	1957-58 (1 2)	1947-48
2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67 (1 2)	1956-57 (1 2)	1946-47

2025-26 (I II III IV V)	2015-16 (I II III IV)	2005-06 (I II III IV)	1995-96 (I II III IV)	1985-86 (I II)
2024-25 (I II III IV V)	2014-15 (I II III IV)	2004-05 (I II III IV)	1994-95 (I II III IV)	1984-85 (I II)
2023-24 (I II III IV V)	2013-14 (I II III IV)	2003-04 (I II III IV)	1993-94 (I II III IV)	1983-84 (I II)
2022-23 (I II III IV V)	2012-13 (I II III IV)	2002-03 (I II III IV)	1992-93 (I II III IV)	1982-83 (I II)
2021-22 (I II III IV V)	2011-12 (I II III IV)	2001-02 (I II III IV)	1991-92 (I II III IV)	1981-82 (I II)
2020-21 (I II III IV V)	2010-11 (I II III IV)	2000-01 (I II III IV)	1990-91 (I II III IV)	1980-81 (I II)
2019-20 (I II III IV)	2009-10 (I II III IV)	1999-00 (I II III IV)	1989-90 (I II III IV)	1979-80 (I II)
2018-19 (I II III IV)	2008-09 (I II III IV)	1998-99 (I II III IV)	1988-89 (I II III IV)	1978-79 (I II)
2017-18 (I II III IV)	2007-08 (I II III IV)	1997-98 (I II III IV)	1987-88 (I II III IV)	1977-78 (I II)
2016-17 (I II III IV)	2006-07 (I II III IV)	1996-97 (I II III IV)	1986-87

2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68
2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67

2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75	1964-65
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74	1963-64
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68
2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67