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Rennie in the middle for Chelsea

last updated Friday 12th November 2004, 4:03 PM

Uriah Rennie - Sheffield
Ref RennieRennie wasn't the most popular of characters when he made his debut in the Premiership League back in the 1999/00 season. His tendency to dish out cards and come up with unlikely decisions had some managers riled to say the least. The Authorities seemed to agree as well as Mr Rennie was demoted to the Nationwide for a season.

But now the 42-year-old community liaison manager is back into the fold. His return brought a swift intake of breath from some managers, but Rennie performed to such a good standard in the Football League in his year out that the Premiership League just had to include him in their list. Rennie is now also a recognised FIFA official.

He is regarded as one of the fitness refs on the list and he gets well rated by fans for communication and control.

Referee Stats - 2004/2005

Ref Rennie remains one of the busiest refs in the Premiership whistling on average 27 times each game however he is not waving his yellow card as often. His current yellow card rate is half the rate of last season. In terms of red cards he has issued just one, which one more than the whole of last season.Ref Rennie has not granted any penalties so far and his annual average is 3.

  Mr. Rennie's Av Premiership Ref
Total Match Avg Total Match Avg
Games 6 6
Fouls 163 27.17 151 25.97
Yellows 11 1.83 14 2.49
Reds 1 0.17 0.8 0.14
Penalties 0 0.00 1 0.19
Fouls per Yellow - 14.8 - 10.4
Homer? (2003-2004)
Total Home Away Total
Games Fouls Yellow Red Fouls Yellow Red Fouls Yellow Red
6 85 8 1 78 3 0 163 11 1
  52% 73% 100% 48% 27% 0% - - -
Premiership Average
6 49% 42% 31% 51% 58% 69% 151 14 1

Ref Rennie's bias against home squads after 6 games in the current season is bordering on a phobia with an extreme 73% of his yellows being given to home players. Last season he finished with a less extreme 52% anti-home bias.



2002/2003
19-02-2003 Premier Fulham 3-0 West Brom 3y 0r
Bookings: Djetou (Fulham) Adam Chambers ,Gregan (West Brom)
Ref Rennie gave a penalty to Fulham following a foul on Saha.
2001/2002

23-02-2002 Premiership Arsenal 4-1 Fulham 1y 0r
Bookings: Goma (Fulham)

2000/2001
15-10-2000 Division 1 Fulham 2-1 Blackburn 4y 0r
Bookings: Melville (Fulham) Berg , Hignett , Short (Blackburn)
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