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Referee Watch - Brought To You By Our Own Qualified Refs

In this section we profile the men in the middle - the referees who officiate Newcastle United matches. Brought to you by Newcastle-Online.com's team of fully qualified referees.

Aston Villa Vs NUFC Ref watch: Uriah Rennie (22/2/2006)

Uriah Rennie is from Sheffield in South Yorkshire and is 46 years old. He is taking charge of Newcastle for the 1st time this season as we welcome to St James’ Park for the rearranged Barclays Premiership fixture on February 22.

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Aston Villa Vs NUFC Ref watch: Mike Riley (10/2/2006)

Mike Riley is originally from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, but is now based in Leeds in West Yorkshire, and is 41 years old. He is taking charge of Newcastle for the 3rd time this season as we travel to Villa Park for our Barclays Premiership clash with Aston Villa on February 11. His other Newcastle matches this season were our trip to Ewood Park to play Blackburn Rovers in September, and our trip to Whaddon Road just a fortnight ago to play Cheltenham Town in the FA Cup 4th Round.
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NUFC Vs Portsmouth Ref watch: Mark Halsey (3/2/2006)

Mark Halsey, originally from Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, but now based in Bolton in Lancashire, is 44 years old. He is taking charge of his 4th Newcastle match of the season, and the 3rd in the Premiership, having been in the middle at Stamford Bridge and Anfield, and for our Carling Cup tie at Grimsby, although this is his 1st trip to St James’ Park this campaign.

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Manchester City Vs NUFC Ref watch: Chris Foy (31/01/2006)

Chris Foy is from St Helens in Merseyside and is 43 years old. He is taking charge of a Newcastle United match for the first time this season as we make the trip to Moss Side and the City of Manchester Stadium to play Manchester City on Wednesday the 1st of February 2006.

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NUFC Vs Blackburn Rovers Ref watch: Howard Webb (20/01/2006)

Howard Webb, from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, is 34 years old, and takes charge of his FIFTH Newcastle match of the 2005/06 season as Blackburn Rovers travel to St James Park on Saturday in the Premiership. He has already taken charge of our matches against Manchester United at St James’ Park, West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns, Everton at Goodison Park and Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

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Fulham Vs NUFC Ref watch: Alan Wiley (13/01/2006)

Alan Wiley is from Burntwood in Staffordshire, and is 45 years old. He is taking charge of Newcastle for the 3rd time this season as we travel to Craven Cottage for the Barclays Premiership match on January 14. He has already refereed our home games with Fulham and Aston Villa this season. He also recently featured on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday’s Christmas quiz, Universally Challenged, and was an integral part of the winning referees team.

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NUFC Vs Mansfield Town Ref watch: Andy D'Urso (06/01/2006)

Andy D’Urso is from Billericay in Essex, and is 42 years old. He is taking charge of Newcastle for the 1st time this season as Mansfield Town travel to Tyneside for the FA Cup 3rd Round tie on January 7.

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NUFC Vs Middlesbrough Ref watch: Steve Bennett (01/01/2006)

Steve Bennett, from Orpington in Kent, is 44 years old, and takes charge of his 4th Newcastle match of the 2005/06 season as Middlesbrough travel to St James’ Park on January 2. He has already taken charge of our away Premiership matches at Arsenal and Portsmouth, and our Carling Cup tie at Wigan.

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NUFC Vs Charlton Athletic Ref watch: Mike Dean (28/12/2005)

Mike Dean, from Heswall in The Wirrall, Cheshire, is 37 years old, and takes charge of his 2nd Newcastle match of the 2005/06 season as we take on Charlton Athletic at St. James’ Park on 28th December in the Premiership.

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Referee Analysis: Phil Dowd West Ham 2-4 NUFC (20/12/2005)

Phil Dowd from Stoke-on-Trent was in the middle for our visit to West Ham on Saturday, and produced a highly competent performance. Prior to this game, Dowd had overseen 7 away wins in 11 games, which made it clear he would not be influenced by the home support. Here I will take a look at his involvement and influence on the game throughout the 90 minutes.

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West Ham United Vs NUFC Ref watch: Phil Dowd (16/12/2005)

Phil Dowd, who is based in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, is in his 5th season on the Select Group of referees, and is 42 years-old. He takes charge of his second Newcastle game of the season at the Boleyn Ground on Saturday as we take on West Ham United, having already done our televised League clash at Wigan in October.

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