Graham Barber - Tring, Hertfordshire.
Personal background
Graham Barber has survived on the Premiership list since 1996, gaining promotion just two years after making it on to the Football League rota in 1994. The 44-year-old is a sales consultant by trade and lives in the great commuter belt known as Surrey.
He began his career in the London area, taking charge of matches in Kingston before climbing the ladder to the FIFA referee's list in 1998. Barber was short listed for Euro 2000, but just missed out on the cut after refereeing two of the competitions qualifiers. His highest profile match in English football was as linesman, sorry, referee's assistant during the 1994 FA Cup final.
Barber has officiated in World Cup qualifiers and various international, not to mention some Champions League and Uefa Cup matches. He is an extremely experienced referee, with European pedigree.
He was top of the discipline list during 2001/02, dishing out 78 yellow cards in his 22 matches but in 2002/2003 he calmed down and was fairly average in comparison to the other Refs.
He will need to be careful on Sunday, following his controversial penalty decision for Charlton last week, as Arsenal, so far this season, have managed to get 3 penalties at home, more than any other team in the Premiership.
| Referee Stats - 2003/2004 |
| |
Mr. Barber's Stats |
Av Premiership Ref Stats |
|
Total |
Match Avg |
Total |
Match Avg |
| Games |
8 |
|
6 |
|
| Fouls |
250 |
31.25 |
160 |
27.01 |
| Penalties |
2 |
0.25 |
1 |
0.20 |
| Yellows |
27 |
3.38 |
22 |
3.68 |
| Reds |
1 |
0.13 |
1 |
0.22 |
| Fouls per Yellow |
- |
9.26 |
- |
7.35 |
An unusual set of figures in that Ref Barber has awarded 66% of his yellow cards to the home squad so far this season.
| Homer? (2003-2004) |
| Total |
Home |
Away |
Total |
| Games |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
Fouls |
Yellow |
Red |
| 8 |
122 |
18 |
0 |
128 |
9 |
1 |
250 |
27 |
1 |
| |
49% |
67% |
0% |
51% |
33% |
100% |
|
|
|
Fulham related comments
Ref Barber has not officiated at a Fulham game so far this season but "looked after us" on 2 occasions last season. His main claim to fame was sending Maik Taylor off against Tottenham last season.
2002-2003
03-05-2003 Premier Fulham
2-0 Everton 2y 0r
Bookings: Clark (Fulham) Hibbert (Everton)
24-02-2003 Premier Tottenham
1-1 Fulham 4y 2r
Bookings: Anderton, Richards, Anderton (s/o 73)(Tottenham) Boa Morte, Wome, Taylor (s/o 38) (Fulham)
Davies was sent clear by Anderton and as he attempted to round MaikTaylor the keeper pushed the ball away before the Spurs winger went down over Taylor's still outstretched arm. Unfortunately for Fulham, Barber was trailing behind the action and without consulting his assistant the ref, wrongly, immediately sent Maik Taylor off.
2001-2002
16-03-2002 Premier Everton
2-1 Fulham 6y 1r
Bookings: Gravesen(sent off 28), Moore, Unsworth (Everton) Brevett, Finnan, Hayles (Fulham)
15-01-2002 FA Cup Fulham
1-0 Wycombe 7y 1r
Bookings: Brevett, Finnan (Fulham) Brown, Bulman, Cousins (sent off 75 2nd yel), Roberts, Vinnicombe (Wycombe)
Vinnicombe broke Saha's nose with a vicious overhead kick
08-01-2002 FA Cup Wycombe
2-2 Fulham 2y 0r
Bookings: Senda (Wycombe) Hayles (Fulham)
03-11-2001 Premier West Ham
0-2 Fulham 4y 0r
Bookings: Foxe (West Ham) Boa Morte, Hayles, Melville (Fulham)
Ref Barber gave a yellow to Bazza for his attempt to rearrange Mr. Foxe's facial contours following his foul on Barry. After the Everton melee the F.A. decided to let Barry off for stamping on an Everton player but gave him a 3 match suspension for the incident with Mr. Fox.
10-10-2001 League Cup Fulham
5-2 Derby 3y 0r
Bookings: Brevett, Sean Davis (Fulham) Powell (Derby)