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24th November 2005By Paul Mosley
Howard Webb, 34 years old from Rotherham, takes charge of his 3rd Newcastle game of the season at Goodison Park as we take on Everton. Webb became a FIFA international referee in January after showing a lot of promise in just 18 months on the Premier League, and he comes to Goodison via Berlin, where he is refereeing Hertha Berlin vs Lens in the UEFA Cup on Thursday night. In August he took charge of the Community Shield between Chelsea and Arsenal, confirming his rise to the top rank of English officials, at such a young age. However, Webb’s previous eight matches involving Newcastle have left us with mixed memories. In his 1st Premiership season, 2003/04, he took charge of our trip to White Hart Lane in March 2004. The main controversy occurred in the 1st half when he failed to award us what appeared to be a blatant penalty for a foul on Aaron Hughes. Put simply, it was either a penalty or a dive, yet Webb gave a goal kick. We ended up losing the game late on and lost out on 4th place to Liverpool. Last season he took charge of 5 Newcastle games. The first was our 2-2 draw at St Andrews, where the main talking point was his failure to award us a penalty when Craig Bellamy was fouled by Kenny Cunningham. The next was Fulham’s visit to St Jame’s Park. Webb turned up as a late replacement for Mark Halsey, and most United fans were probably wishing he hadn’t turned up by 5.00. After failing to give what seemed to be a clear foul on Shearer, Fulham went straight up the other end and went 1-0 up. Not long afterwards, Shearer was again fouled, this time in the area. Webb again failed to give anything, and in the subsequent protests Souness was dismissed from the dugout. We went on to fall apart (with Webb awarding Fulham a spot kick) and lose 4-1. So in 3 games, Webb had failed to award us 3 clear penalties. He didn’t award us one in his next game, but we didn’t need one as we beat Yeading 2-0 at Loftus Road. Webb had a quiet game, perhaps fortunately after his antics at St James Park 2 months previously. He received one of the biggest appointments in his career to that point when he came to St James’ in March for Newcastle vs Liverpool. Despite angering the home supporters by seemingly being less tolerant with United players than Liverpool’s, his performance was excellent, and United won 1-0. His last Newcastle game of last season was on the very last day, as we took on champions Chelsea on Tyneside. In what amounted to a friendly game, Webb somehow managed to show 8 yellow cards which, although all correct, could easily have been avoided. After Newcastle took the lead he awarded Chelsea a penalty a minute later which was scored, and the game ended 1-1. His 1st Newcastle game this season was Manchester United’s journey north, where Webb for once did not anger the Newcastle fans, as Manchester United went away as 2-0 winners. His most recent Newcastle game was our visit to West Bromwich Albion in October, where we ran out 3-0 winners, with Webb considered by many to have given an outstanding performance. Webb has done just 3 Everton games in his time, all in the Premiership at Goodison Park, of which they have won 2 and lost 1. In summary, our record with Webb is a bit up and down, and he certainly owes us a penalty or two! His one red card this season was shown to our ex-player (and great) Darren Ambrose, on the 1st day for Serious Foul Play, as Charlton beat our not-so-beloved rivals 3-1 at the Stadium of Light.
Everton Vs NUFC Refereeing History (Last 5) 04/05 – After dominating much of the 1st half, Newcastle were undone by a goal from David Weir from a contentious free kick given by Barry Knight. Not long before the hour Tim Cahill tussled with Shola Ameobi, with the Newcastle man dismissed by Knight for Violent Conduct, with Cahill cautioned. The Aussie then doubled Everton’s lead 2 minutes later and it was all over for Newcastle. 03/04 – This match which saw one of the most unbelievable refereeing performances ever by Rob Styles. By half time he had already booked 2 Newcastle and 3 Everton players, and sent off Laurent Robert for another 2 yellows. In the 2nd half he correctly awarded us a penalty and dismissed Gary Naysmith for Denying an Obvious Goalscoring Opportunity. Shearer converted the penalty to put us 1 up. After an Everton equaliser, (and another 1 yellow for us and 2 for Everton) Joseph Yobo tripped Olivier Bernard in the box and Styles again correctly pointed to the spot. Shearer again converted and we were 2-1 up with 8 minutes remaining. With just 2 minutes to go, Jenas tangled with Radzinski and Everton had won the 3rd penalty of the match, which Ferguson converted to level it up at 2-2. Another 2 cautions later the game ended, with a final tally of 11 cautions (2 of which were for Robert), 2 reds, 3 penalties and a 2-2 share of the spoils. Styles’ failure to manage the game properly had led to a ludicrous tally of cards. 02/03 – Everton had taken the lead in the 1st half through Wayne Rooney, but Laurent Robert equalised with a thunderous strike shortly before half time. After various controversial incidents in Newcastle matches, Neale Barry decided to continue in that vein when he ignored an horrendous challenge by Thomas Gravesen on Olivier Bernard, which should have resulted in a Red Card. Barry didn’t even give a foul, despite the fact it happened directly infront of him, and having failed to put the ball out of play for Bernard’s treatment, Everton went up the other end and were awarded a penalty, which they scored to take a 2-1 lead which they held until the end. 01/02 – Our good Smoggy friend Jeff Winter turned up for this one but caused us no headaches as we ran out worthy winners. A collision between Abel Xavier and Paul Gerrard left Craig Bellamy to score the opener, with Solano adding a 2nd just after the break. David Weir pulled one back to ensure it wouldn’t be an easy finish, but a late goal from Clarence Acuña sealed an impressive 3-1 victory. 00/01 – An Own Goal early in the second half gave us the lead, but the old Harrow housemaster David Elleray awarded Everton a controversial penalty, which allowed David Unsworth, who had scored the own goal, to add one at the right end from the spot and ensure the game ended as a draw. © Paul Mosley
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