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Unlucky Ref for West Ham game

last updated Wednesday 18th January 2006, 10:12 AM

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 45-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 and is regarded as one of the fittest refs on the list.

The West Ham game will be the third time Rennie has reffed a Fulham game this year and he is not very lucky for us. He has officiated in 5 Premiership games involving Fulham and The Cottagers have won 1 and lost 4. As far as cards are concerned, in those 5 games, he has only given 3 to Fulham players with the only link being that they were all defenders.

Referee Stats - 2005/2006

Ref Rennie has covered an average number of games this season and is keeping his head below the parapet with below average figures for whistling, cards and penalty decisions. It seems his demotion to the Football League has cured his desire to yellow card anything that moved.

Mr. Wiley's Av Premiership Ref
Total Match Avg Total Match Avg
Games 13 13
Fouls 353 27.15 344 27.36
Yellows 26 2.00 41 3.23
Reds 0 0.00 2.3 0.18
Penalties 2 0.15 2.53 0.20
Fouls per Yellow - 13.6 - 8.5
Homer? (2005-2006)
Total Home Away Total
Games Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen Fouls Yellow Red Pen
13 172 13 0 2 181 13 0 0 353 26 0 2
49% 50% 0% 100% 51% 50% 0% 0% - - - -
Premiership Average
13 50% 42% 28% 58% 50% 58% 72% 42% 344 41 2 3

Ref Rennie is one of the must even-handed refs in the Premiership

Previous Fulham games what was reffed by Uriah Rennie
2005/2006
10-12-2005 Premiership Birmingham 1-0 Fulham 0y 0r
Bookings: None
20-11-2005 Premiership Middlesbro 3-2 Fulham 1y 0r
Bookings: Niclas Jensen (Fulham)
Ref Rennie and his lino were unable to see that Boro's second goal was offside.
2004/2005
13-11-2004 Premiership Fulham 1-4 Chelsea 2y 0r
Bookings: Lampard, Makelele (Chelsea)
2003/2004
Did not officiate at any Fulham games in this season
2002/2003

19-02-2003 Premiership 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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