Philip Dowd (Stoke-on-Trent)

Philip Dowd began his refereeing career in the Staffordshire Senior League and Midland Football Alliance before making the step up to the Football League roster back in 1992.

He cut his teeth as a referee's assistant for five years before making the step up in 1997. From there Dowd was introduced to the Barclaycard Premiership roster in 2001.

There will be little love lost between Fulham players and Ref Dowd.

Referee Stats - 2003/2004
Ref Dowd is one of the top two whister this season but while breaking the game up more than most he is only average when it comes to issueing yellowsMr Dowd is certainly keener to give penalties this season, as long as it is not for Fulham, and only one ref has given more pens this season. Last season Ref Dowd was top whistler and yellow carder	Mr. Dowd's Av Premiership Ref Total Match Avg Total Match Avg Games 8 7 Fouls 243 30.38 195 26.11 Yellows 19 2.38 18 2.46 Reds 1 0.13 1 0.13 Penalties 3 0.38 2 0.20 Fouls per Yellow - 12.79   10.62
Homer? (2004-2005) Total Home Away Total Games Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen 8 116 5 0 2 127 14 1 1 243 19 1 3   48% 26% 0% 67% 52% 74% 100% 33% - - - - Premiership Average 7 49% 41% 38% 62% 51% 59% 62% 38% 195 18 1 2	Ref Dowd has developed a clear bias against visiting squads giving them 74% of his yellow cards. Hopefully he does not change his routine on MondayPhil Dowd is the third biggest Homer so far with 74% of yellows going to away squads.

2003-2004
23-10-2004 Premiership Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham 1y 0r
Bookings: Volz (Fulham)
Another poor performance from Mr. Dowd who refused Fulham a clear penalty when the game was at 1-0 and also refused to book Hendrie, who scored the second goal, a number of times prior to him scoring. 2003-2004
20-09-2003 Premiership Fulham 2-2 Man City 7y 0r
Bookings: Clark, Inamoto (Fulham) Anelka, Barton, Sommeil, Sun Jihai, Wright-Phillips (Man City)
Poor performance from Mr. Dowd. Not biased, just very poor.2002-2003
26-02-2003 FA Cup Burnley 3-0 Fulham 2y 1r
Bookings: Ian Moore (Burnley) Legwinski, Sean Davis (sent off 49) (Fulham)
It seemed that after Dowd's hugely mistaken red for Luis in the Everton melee that he was hanging the Fulham man out to dry as he ignored Boa Morte being flattened time after time. Dowd decided to help Fulham a bit more by giving Sean Davis a straight red for what he regarded as a reckless tackle.30-11-2002 Premiership Blackburn 2-1 Fulham 3 0
Bookings: Dunn (Blackburn) Finnan, Sean Davis (Fulham) 2001-2002
08-12-2001 Premiership Fulham 2-0 Everton 7 2
Bookings: Hayles, Legwinski, Melville, Boa Morte (sent off 78) (Fulham) Pistone, Simonsen, Stubbs, Weir(sent off 77 2nd yel) (Everton)
This was the game of the great Melee. Boa Morte caught Weir as he cleared the ball on the edge of his penalty area - and the Everton captain showed a total lack of responsibility as he dragged his foot into Boa Morte's face as he got to his feet. The Fulham players were already unhappy after being kicked around the pitch by Moye's Muggers, suffering racist chants and seeing a bottle thrown at Malbranque. When they saw what Weir had done it seemed that there had been an implosion which dragged 21 players into a crowd pushing and shoving each other while one or two unnamed Cottagers took the opportunity to put the boot into the floored Weir. When the dust had settled Ref Dowd decided to send off Boa Morte, the only player who had not taken part in the melee as he had been sitting quietly where he had originally fallen,and taking no action against the Fulham players who had apparently stamped on Weir. The red card was later rescinded on appeal. Ref Phil Dow had been officiating at his first Premiership match.
2000-2001
31-01-2001 Division 1 QPR 0-2 Fulham 1 0
Bookings: Sean Davis (Fulham)

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