REFEREE

Anthony Taylor

1978 - Today

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Anthony Taylor (born 20 October 1978) is an English professional football referee from Wythenshawe, Manchester. In 2010, he was promoted to the list of Select Group Referees who officiate primarily in the Premier League, and in 2013 became a listed referee for FIFA allowing him to referee European and international matches. In 2015, he officiated the Football League Cup final at Wembley Stadium when Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2–0. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Taylor has received more than 24,197 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Anthony Taylor is the 62nd most popular referee (up from 81st in 2019), the 5,535th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,713th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Referee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Anthony Taylor ranks 62 out of 147Before him are Stéphane Lannoy, Jonas Eriksson, Slavko Vinčić, Danny Makkelie, Nawaf Shukralla, and Sandro Ricci. After him are István Kovács, Óscar Ruiz, Khalil Al Ghamdi, Bamlak Tessema Weyesa, Martin Hansson, and Djamel Haimoudi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Anthony Taylor ranks 283Before him are Özgü Namal, Chris Wolstenholme, Nadine Angerer, Marta Etura, Benjamin Raich, and Veerle Baetens. After him are Hasna Benhassi, Thomas Pesquet, Mattias Ekström, Paula Seling, Daniella Alonso, and Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Taylor ranks 5,535 out of 8,785Before him are David Harewood (1965), Henry Green (1905), Daniel Sharman (1986), J. I. Packer (1926), Alan Mowbray (1896), and Alexander Wood (1907). After him are Jim Leighton (1958), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Thomas Norton (1532), Steven Isserlis (1958), Abraham Beame (1906), and Tara Fitzgerald (1967).

Among REFEREES In United Kingdom

Among referees born in United Kingdom, Anthony Taylor ranks 4Before him are Jack Taylor (1930), Howard Webb (1971), and Graham Poll (1963). After him are Michael Oliver (1985), Martin Atkinson (1971), Hugh Dallas (1957), Michaela Tabb (1967), Mike Dean (1968), Mark Clattenburg (1975), Craig Thomson (1972), and Willie Collum (1979).