REFEREE

Howard Webb

1971 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Webb has received more than 1,271,495 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Howard Webb is the 13th most popular referee (down from 11th in 2019), the 2,796th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,880th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Referee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Howard Webb ranks 13 out of 147Before him are Markus Merk, Horacio Elizondo, Rudi Glöckner, Nicolae Rainea, Jack Taylor, and Björn Kuipers. After him are Roberto Rosetti, Nicola Rizzoli, Said Belqola, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Viktor Kassai, and Maurice Guigue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Howard Webb ranks 107Before him are Benedict Wong, Chris Vance, João Pinto, Michael C. Hall, Lior Raz, and Peter Sarsgaard. After him are Gary Barlow, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sergi Bruguera, Luke Wilson, Matthew Vaughn, and Nicola Rizzoli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Webb ranks 2,796 out of 8,785Before him are Caroline Goodall (1959), John Hick (1922), Maurice Dobb (1900), Alfred Deller (1912), Tyson Fury (1988), and Edward Turner Bennett (1797). After him are George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758), Amanda Tapping (1965), Jim Marshall (1923), Dawn Addams (1930), Edward Fortunatus (1565), and Jason Flemyng (1966).

Among REFEREES In United Kingdom

Among referees born in United Kingdom, Howard Webb ranks 2Before him are Jack Taylor (1930). After him are Graham Poll (1963), Anthony Taylor (1978), 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).