Referees Seasons

Rankings ➔

The list shows data counting from season 1960-61

#	Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Province	S	R
1	Michael Leslie Dean	02/06/1968	Wirral	England	22	561
2	Martin Atkinson	31/03/1971	Drighlington	England	18	463
3	Anthony Taylor	20/10/1978	Manchester	England	17	433
4	Michael Oliver	20/02/1985	Ashington	England	16	428
5	Andre Marriner	01/01/1971	Birmingham	England	19	391
6	Graham Poll	29/07/1963	Hitchin	England	14	329
7	Philip Dowd	26/01/1963	Leek	England	14	308
8	Howard Melton Webb	14/07/1971	Yorkshire	England	11	298
9	Mark Clattenburg	13/03/1975	Consett	England	13	291
10	Lee Stephen Mason	29/10/1971	Portsmouth	England	16	290
11	Craig Pawson	02/03/1979	Sheffield	England	14	289
12	Mark Richard Halsey	08/07/1961	Welwyn Garden City	England	14	281
13	Michael Austin Riley	17/12/1964	Leeds	England	13	280
14	Alan G. Wiley	27/05/1960	Burntwood	England	11	275
15	Jonathan Moss	18/10/1970	Sunderland	England	12	274
16	Kevin Friend	08/07/1971	Tottenham	England	13	270
17	Dermot Joseph Gallagher	20/05/1957	Ringsend		16	265
18	Christopher J. Foy	20/11/1962	St. Helens	England	14	262
19	Paul Anthony Durkin	15/08/1955	Bradford Ravenscliffe	England	16	258
20	Stephen Graham Bennett	17/01/1961	Farnborough	England	11	255
21	Stuart Steven Attwell	06/10/1982	Nuneaton	England	16	244
22	David Roland Elleray	03/09/1954	Harrow	England	17	232
23	Robert Styles	21/04/1964	Waterlooville	England	9	211
24	Michael Donald Reed	22/10/1951	West Heath	England	15	206
25	Michael J. Jones	18/04/1968	Chester	England	10	203
26	Stephen W. Dunn	24/10/1957	Bristol	England	10	198
27	Paul Tierney	25/12/1980	Wigan	England	11	195
28	Chris Kavanagh	04/09/1985	Ashton-under-Lyne	England	10	194
29	Stephen John Lodge	26/09/1952	Barnsley	England	13	190
30	Jeffrey Winter	18/04/1955	Middlesbrough	England	9	185
31	Lee William Probert	13/08/1972	South Gloucestershire	England	12	181
32	Uriah Denzel Rennie	23/10/1959			11	177
33	Martin John Dale Bodenham	23/04/1950	Brighton	England	17	176
34	Peter Walton	10/10/1959	Long Buckby	England	9	170
35	Graham Peter Barber	05/06/1958	Tring	England	8	167
36	Neale Stuart Barry	04/06/1958	Scunthorpe	England	8	157
37	Alan Wilkie	1951	Chester Le Street	England	11	157
38	Peter Jones	24/02/1954	Loughborough	England	11	155
39	Keith Stuart Hackett	22/06/1944	Sheffield	England	18	149
40	Joseph Bertram Worrall	21/10/1945	Warrington	England	19	143
41	John Keith Taylor	21/05/1930	Wolverhampton	England	17	142
42	Alan Gunn	23/01/1943	Brighton	England	17	141
43	Simon Hooper	15/07/1982	Swindon	England	10	140
44	William Keith Burge	10/08/1950	Tonypandy	Wales	13	137
45	Brian Hill	29/04/1947	Barton Seagrave	England	17	136
46	Gerald Royston Ashby	06/11/1949	Worcester	England	13	135
47	Andrew Madley	05/09/1983	Huddersfield	England	9	134
48	Neil Swarbrick	20/12/1965	Preston	England	8	132
49	Keith Cooper	21/03/1948	Pontypridd	Wales	14	128
50	Clive Thomas	27/06/1936	Treorchy	Wales	18	125
51	George Courtney	04/06/1941	Spennymoor	England	17	123
52	Kenneth Howard Burns	1931	Wordsley	England	17	123
53	Andrew Paul D'Urso	30/11/1963	Hackney	England	7	119
54	Roger G. Milford	1940	Oldland Common	England	13	117
55	Peter Bankes	18/05/1982	Lancashire	England	7	115
56	Johnathan Edward Martin	18/07/1939	Alton	England	15	113
57	David Coote	11/07/1982	Newark-on-Trent	England	8	112
58	Raymond S. Lewis	30/03/1944	Great Bookham	England	17	110
59	Lawrence Roger Dilkes	16/08/1948	Mossley	England	14	110
60	Robert Jones	04/04/1987	Chester	England	7	110
61	Raymond Tinkler	1929	Boston	England	15	109
62	Victor G. Callow	1945	Solihull	England	15	107
63	Graham David Scott	10/10/1968	Oxfordshire	England	10	106
64	Patrick Partridge	30/06/1933	Billingham	England	15	106
65	William John Gow	03/10/1930	Swansea	Wales	15	106
66	Robert Alan Hart	09/10/1947	Darlington	England	10	104
67	Paul Edward Alcock	27/10/1953	Redhill	England	8	103
68	Gary Stephen Willard	03/09/1959	Worthing	England	6	100
69	Terence J. Holbrook	06/12/1945	Wolverhampton	England	12	100
70	Darren England	23/12/1985	Doncaster	England	7	100
71	David William Smith	10/11/1926	Stonehouse	England	14	100
72	Keith Styles		Barnsley	England	14	99
73	Neil Midgley	09/09/1942	Salford	England	15	94
74	Harrison New	1927	Bristol	England	15	93
75	Keren P. J. Barratt	02/1946	Coventry	England	13	93
76	Michael G. Peck	06/09/1945	Kendal	England	16	93
77	Philip Don	10/03/1952	Sheffield	England	9	93
78	Robert Madley	06/10/1985	Wakefield	England	8	93
79	Roger East	12/05/1965	Wiltshire	England	7	91
80	John Hunting	15/08/1935	Leicester	England	15	91
81	Lester C. Shapter	10/1939	Paignton	England	17	88
82	Jarred Gavan Gillett	01/11/1986	Gold Coast		5	85
83	Kevin Howley	17/05/1924	Billingham	England	11	85
84	Leo Callaghan	05/02/1924	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	11	84
85	Kenneth A. Redfern	1943	Whitley Bay	England	15	84
86	Ronald Challis	1932	Tonbridge	England	13	84
87	Kelvin Morton	01/1946	Great Barton	England	9	84
88	Vincent James	1927	York	England	13	83
89	James Finney	17/08/1924	St. Helens	England	11	83
90	Norman Charles Henry Burtenshaw	09/02/1926	Great Yarmouth	England	11	83
91	David B. Allison	27/09/1948	Lancaster	England	14	82
92	Edward David Wallace		Swindon	England	12	81
93	Kenneth William Baker	1939	Rugby	England	15	79
94	Trelford Mills	02/01/1942	Barnsley	England	14	78
95	Rodger B. Gifford	12/04/1948	Ystrad Mynach	Wales	11	77
96	Roger Brian Kirkpatrick	08/08/1931	Leicester	England	13	75
97	Barry Knight	07/05/1960	Orpington	England	7	74
98	Bartley John Homewood	03/07/1932	Sunbury-on-Thames	England	13	74
99	Thomas Henry Charles Reynolds	06/03/1934	Swansea	Wales	14	74
100	John Edmund Cornwall Brooks	1990	Melton Mowbray	England	5	73
101	Harold Davey	1930	Hucknall	England	10	71
102	Robert Matthewson	13/04/1930	Ainsworth	England	9	70
103	Brian T. Stevens	13/09/1939	Leonard Stanley	England	14	70
104	George M. Tyson	22/05/1939	Sunderland	England	12	70
105	Maurice Alonzo Robinson Fussey	13/11/1924	Retford	England	12	70
106	Harold Prior Hackney	14/09/1929	Barnsley	England	14	69
107	Gordon Cecil Kew	04/06/1930	South Shields	England	11	67
108	Gordon Wilkinson Hill	08/07/1928	Bolton	England	9	67
109	Brian H. Daniels	1936	Rainham	England	14	67
110	Alan Robinson	26/11/1937	Waterlooville	England	12	66
111	Neville James Ashley	30/09/1938	Nantwich	England	12	66
112	Ian James Borrett	1945	Harleston	England	12	66
113	Trevor David Spencer	07/1937	Salisbury	England	14	66
114	Paul Steven Danson	02/05/1958	Leicester	England	7	65
115	Anthony W. Ward	05/12/1941	London	England	11	64
116	Peter Reeves	12/1932	Leicester	England	9	64
117	David Hutchinson	1940	Burn Bridge	England	12	63
118	Keith Edwin Walker	21/12/1930	Manchester	England	12	63
119	Thomas Walter Dawes	04/12/1926	Nelson	England	14	63
120	Samuel Barrott	1993	Yorkshire	England	3	62
121	Peter N. Willis	26/10/1937	Meadowfield	England	13	62
122	Dennis A. Hedges	1941	Oxford	England	11	61
123	Derek Reginald George Nippard	1930	Christchurch	England	10	61
124	David J. Axcell	1944	Southend	England	11	60
125	Malcolm Vince Sinclair	24/03/1935	Guildford	England	12	59
126	John M. Key	1946	Wickersley	England	12	59
127	Michael Salisbury	1985	Penwortham	England	5	58
128	Alan B. Seville	1941	Birmingham	England	13	58
129	Eric Thomas Jennings	22/01/1923	Worcester	England	10	57
130	Raymond Toseland		Kettering	England	10	57
131	John C. Deakin	1944	Llantwit Major	Wales	12	56
132	Arthur Wynne Smith Jones	25/04/1930	Aughton	England	14	55
133	Anthony Edward Morrissey		Bramhall	England	10	55
134	Dennis Turner	1935	Cannock	England	10	55
135	Iorwerth Price Jones	18/12/1927	Bedlinog	Wales	9	55
136	Donald Shaw	1940	Sandbach	England	11	54
137	Colin N. Seel	1939	Carlisle	England	13	54
138	Howard William King	01/09/1946	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	14	54
139	Kenneth Walmsley	1939	Thornton	England	13	54
140	George McCabe	13/03/1922	Sheffield	England	9	54
141	Darryl V. Reeves	1940	Denham Green	England	13	54
142	Colin Downey	1939	Hounslow	England	10	53
143	Thomas William Bramall	1990	Sheffield	England	4	52
144	Peter R. Walters	1930	Bridgwater	England	11	52
145	Ronald G. Groves	1945	Weston super Mare	England	9	52
146	Robert F. Nixon	1944	West Kirby	England	13	51
147	Robert J. Harris	19/08/1956	Oxford	England	3	51
148	Peter Baldwin	1930	Thornton-in-Cleveland	England	12	50
149	David Richardson	28/05/1937	Great Harwood	England	11	50
150	Alfred N. Buksh	1945	London	England	10	50
151	Thomas G. Bune		Plaistow	England	10	49
152	Tim Robinson	1984	West Sussex	England	5	49
153	Tony Harrington	1990	Hartlepool	England	5	49
154	Michael Lowe		Sheffield	England	9	49
155	Michael Taylor		Deal	England	10	49
156	Roy Capey		Madeley Heath	England	9	49
157	Dennis Joseph Lyden	19/12/1926	Birmingham	England	9	48
158	John H. Yates	04/07/1930	Redditch	England	11	48
159	Kenneth Stokes	1922	Newark	England	7	47
160	Harold Williams		Sheffield	England	9	46
161	Walter Barry Johnson		Kendal	England	9	46
162	Matthew David Messias	07/05/1964	Hatfield	England	5	45
163	Daniel Stephen Charles Vickers	1941	Redbridge	England	10	45
164	Alfred William Grey	02/02/1935	Great Yarmouth	England	10	44
165	John D. Hough	11/1937	Macclesfield	England	11	44
166	Dennis A. Corbett	1925	Wolverhampton	England	9	44
167	David Scott	1942	Burnley	England	10	44
168	Leslie J. Hamer		Horwich	England	8	44
169	Frank Cowen		Manchester	England	9	43
170	James E. Carr	1921	Sheffield	England	8	43
171	Michael L. James	1945	Horsham	England	11	43
172	Kenneth Dagnall	30/01/1921	Bolton	England	8	42
173	Ronald Bridges	10/11/1940	Deeside	Wales	11	42
174	Vernon J. Batty	1930	Helsby	England	11	42
175	Roy Harper		Sheffield	England	8	41
176	Eric Read		Bristol	England	10	41
177	Ernest Crawford		Doncaster	England	6	41
178	William G. Handley		Cannock	England	7	40
179	Derek Walter Lloyd	1935	Fernhill Heath	England	8	40
180	Arnold Challinor		Maltby	England	7	40
181	John Anthony Moules	1946	Ingatestone	England	11	39
182	Kevin McNally	05/05/1941	Ellesmere Port	England	8	39
183	Peter Foakes	11/09/1946	Clacton on Sea	England	7	39
184	John E. Thacker		Scarborough	England	11	38
185	Leslie Frederick George Burden	06/1937	Weymouth	England	9	38
186	Kenneth Salmon		Barnet	England	8	37
187	Richard H. Windle		Chesterfield	England	7	37
188	Anthony Richard Glasson	1935	Salisbury	England	8	37
189	Jim Ashworth	1944	Rutland	England	8	37
190	Peter A. Tyldesley	1943	Bredbury	England	12	37
191	Donald J. Biddle		Bristol	England	8	36
192	Gilbert James Napthine	01/10/1938	Laughborough	England	9	36
193	Clive Richard Wilkes	1954	Corse	England	4	35
194	Claude Lambert Newsome		Telford	England	8	35
195	Howard Taylor	1940	Oadby	England	9	34
196	John Walter Lloyd	15/02/1948	Wrexham	Wales	9	33
197	Mark P. T. Scott	1943	West Bridgford	England	9	33
198	Jeffrey E. Bray	1939	Hinckley	England	9	33
199	John Richard Osborne	04/08/1926	Ipswich	England	9	33
200	George Hartley		Wakefield	England	8	32
201	Kenneth J. Seddon		Southport	England	7	32
202	Alan Saunders	1937	Newcastle	England	8	32
203	Peter Rhodes	1921	Leeds	England	7	32
204	Frederick M. Nicholson		Manchester	England	8	32
205	John Lovatt	1939	Wistaston	England	8	31
206	George Flint		Kirkby-in-Ashfield	England	7	31
207	Alex Hamil	1937	Ettingshall Park	England	8	31
208	Arthur William Sparling	29/09/1918	Grimsby	England	6	31
209	Brian Martin		Keyworth	England	6	31
210	Ron C. Crabb	1931	Exeter	England	8	30
211	William Clements	27/10/1919	West Brownwich	England	6	30
212	Stephen Bates		Bristol	England	6	30
213	David T. Phillips	1944	Barnsley	England	7	30
214	Cliff Maskell		Cambridge	England	6	29
215	Derek Richardson		Lincoln	England	5	28
216	Geoffrey D. Roper		Newmarket	England	7	28
217	Ralph B. Lee		Cheadle	England	5	28
218	John Mitchell	1920	Prescot	England	7	28
219	Harold Richards		Oldham	England	7	27
220	Thomas Fitzharris	1945	Ladybridge	England	11	27
221	Ffrangcon Roberts	1941	Prestatyn	Wales	9	27
222	Clive Bradley White	02/05/1940	London	England	7	27
223	David Letts		Basingstoke	England	6	27
224	Terence Leonard Morris	1940	Rotherham	England	6	27
225	Kevin J. Breen	1948	Maghull	England	7	27
226	Peter G. Brandwood		Kidderminster	England	6	27
227	Robert Norman Perkin		Stafford	England	7	27
228	Lancelot Maurice Robinson	1941	Sutton Coldfield	England	8	26
229	Norman H. Glover	1943	Adlington	England	9	26
230	David Laing		Penwortham	England	8	26
231	Stephen J. Tanner	21/10/1970	Briston	England	3	26
232	Peter Bye	1927	Burwell	England	7	26
233	John S. Pickles		Bradford	England	6	25
234	Arthur Walter Luty	18/01/1918	Leeds	England	5	25
235	Derek Owen		Bebington	England	6	25
236	Derek Civil	1934	Great Barr	England	8	25
237	Edward Jolly		Manchester	England	5	25
238	Sydney J. Kayley		Preston	England	9	24
239	James Albert Cattlin	23/06/1920	Rochdale	England	7	24
240	Robert L. Hamer	1945	Brislington	England	7	24
241	Jim Bent	1931	Hemel Hempstead	England	5	24
242	Walter Crossley		Lancaster	England	5	24
243	Arthur Guillard Holland	18/07/1922	Birmingham	England	4	23
244	Darren Bond	1978	Wigan	England	3	23
245	William S. Castle		Sedgley	England	7	23
246	Gwyn Pierce Owen	18/04/1934	Anglesey	England	5	23
247	Peter Richardson		Lincolnshire	England	6	23
248	Robert Allan Banks	01/1942	Manchester	England	7	23
249	Rex V. Spittle		Great Yarmouth	England	6	23
250	Malcolm J. Heath	1943	Stoke-on-Trent	England	8	23

2026-27	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	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

2026-27	2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67 (1 2)	1956-57 (1 2)	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

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

2026-27	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	1962-63
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72	1961-62
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71	1960-61
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

2026-27	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