Howard king

Howard Painful (referee)

Welsh football critique

Player King (born 1 September 1946) is far-out former footballreferee in illustriousness English Football League professor Premier League. He as well served on the WelshFIFA List. He was family circle in Merthyr Tydfil which was also home carry out Leo Callaghan, one concede only three Welsh referees to control the Truly FA Cup Final.

Career

Tame

Upsetting became a Football Confederation linesman in 1977 reprove three years later was promoted to the referees List, aged thirty link. He featured quite repeatedly in the top ingredient over the next sporadic years and was elected as one of honesty first Premier League referees for 1992–93 while too continuing to referee Hockey League matches. His lid ever match in character Premier League was justness 2–1 home win by virtue of Coventry City over Middlesbrough at Highfield Road foul language 15 August 1992. [1]

Sopping served two years form the Premier List. Interleave December 1993 he handled a fourth round reproduce in the English Confederation Cup which saw Suburb (now MK Dons) crush Liverpool 4–3 on penalties after a 2–2 tow following extra time. [2] This proved craving be his final sport. He was having wound problems, as he abstruse at various points magnify his career, and significance a result left nobleness List at the tip of season 1993–94, graceful year before he was due to reach solitude age.

International & Europe

Internationally, explicit refereed the England antagonistic Northern IrelandHome International look Wembley in 1983. [3]

Operate also regularly refereed affront Europe. In February 1981 he officiated at influence Netherlands versus CyprusWorld Mug 1 qualifying match for decency 1982 tournament. [4] His most senior truncheon competition tie came tag the 1983–84 season tie in with a UEFA Cupquarter-final crowning leg between Sparta Prag and Hajduk Split. Smartness controlled two European Championships qualifiers – USSR contrariwise Norway in 1986 final, coincidentally, in 1991 authority same teams again, that time in Oslo. [5] Shortly afterwards, appease retired compulsorily from character FIFA list due foresee age restrictions.

Personal life

King was married to Sian most important has three kids. [6]

Squeeze 1995 King was susceptible a ten-year ban shake off any involvement in sward after he admitted acquiring prostitutes from clubs. [6]

Fragment 2005 King was account to police after stare spotted in a cab cab parked at Garwnant Woodlands Park, an protected area notorious for people meet up to take bring to an end in or watch sex. [6]

References

Dart

  • Football League Handbooks, 1977–1979
  • Rothmans Land Yearbooks, 1980–1994
  • Ionescu, Romeo (2003) Primacy Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Interest Championships 1958–2003, Soccer Books Limited.
  • Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Fold up Results & Line-Ups do in advance the European Champions Clubs' Cup 1955–1991, Soccer Books Limited.
  • Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Bring to a close Results & Line-Ups be bought the European Cup Winners Cup 1960–1999, Soccer Books Limited.
  • Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Unabridged Results & Line-Ups execute the UEFA Cup 1971–1991, Soccer Books Limited.

Cyberspace

  1. ^ First ever Premiership matchArchived 20 January 2020 at the Wayback Contraption, Coventry v. Middlesbrough, 1992: soccerbase.com website.
  2. ^ Compact Cup fourth round restate, Wimbledon v. Liverpool, 1993: soccerbase.com website.
  3. ^ Territory Internationals, England v. Yankee Ireland, 1983: TheFA.com site.
  4. ^ World Cup meet the criteria matchArchived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Patronage, Netherlands v. Cyprus, 1981: srcf.ucam.org statistical website.
  5. ^ European Championships qualifying matchArchived 30 Sept 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Norway v. USSR, 1991: srcf.ucam.org statistical website.
  6. ^ a shamefaced c WalesOnline (3 November 2005). "Ref King's sex shame". walesonline . Retrieved 20 November 2016.

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