Howard King (referee)

Howard King (referee)

infobox football official
name = Howard King


fullname = Howard King
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1946|09|01
cityofbirth = Merthyr Tydfil
countryofbirth = Wales
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
otheroccupation =
years = 1976-1979
1979-1992
1992-1994
league = Football League
Football League
Premier League
role = Assistant referee
Referee
Referee
internationalyears = ? -1991
confederation = FIFA listed
internationalrole = Referee

Howard King (born September 1 1946) is a former football referee in the English Football League and Premier League. He also served on the Welsh FIFA List. He was based in Merthyr Tydfil which was also home to Leo Callaghan, one of only three Welsh referees to control the English FA Cup Final.

Career

Domestic

King became a Football League linesman in 1976 and three years later was promoted to the referees List, aged thirty three. He featured quite frequently in the top division over the next few years and was selected as one of the first Premier League referees for 1992-93. His first ever match in this competition was the 2-1 home win by Coventry City over Middlesbrough at Highfield Road on August 15 1992. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=299300 First ever Premiership match] , Coventry v. Middlesbrough, 1992: soccerbase.com website.]

King served two years on the Premier List. In December 1993 he handled a fourth round replay in the English League Cup which saw Wimbledon (now MK Dons) beat Liverpool 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw following extra time. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=218477 League Cup fourth round replay] , Wimbledon v. Liverpool, 1993: soccerbase.com website.] This proved to be his final game. He was having injury problems, as he had at various points in his career, and as a result left the List at the end of season 1993-94, a year before he was due to reach retirement age.

International & Europe

Internationally, he refereed the England against Northern Ireland Home International at Wembley in 1983. [ [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/?&i=7517&pf=r&searchname=King&
] , England v. Northern Ireland, 1983: TheFA.com website.
]

He also regularly refereed in Europe. In February 1981 he officiated at the Netherlands versus Cyprus World Cup qualifying match for the 1982 tournament. [ [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/1981e.html World Cup qualifying match] , Netherlands v. Cyprus, 1981: "srcf.ucam.org" statistical website.] His most senior club competition tie came in the 1983-84 season with a UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg between Sparta Prague and Hajduk Split. He controlled two European Championships qualifiers - USSR versus Norway in 1986 and, coincidentally, in 1991 the same teams again, this time in Oslo. [ [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/1991e2.html European Championships qualifying match] , Norway v. USSR, 1991: "srcf.ucam.org" statistical website.] Shortly afterwards, he retired compulsorily from the FIFA list due to age restrictions.

Life outside football

King was cautioned at Aberdare police station in 2005 for "outraging public decency" after being reported for committing a sex act in a taxi parked at Garwnant Woodlands Park. [ [http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/merthyr/tm_objectid=16328527&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=ref-king-s-sex-shame-name_page.html "Ref King's sex shame"] : report from "icWales.co.uk" website.]

References

Print

*Football League Handbooks, 1977-1979
*Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1980-1994
*Ionescu, Romeo (2003) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Football Championships 1958-2003, Soccer Books Limited.
*Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Champions Clubs’ Cup 1955-1991, Soccer Books Limited.
*Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the European Cup Winners Cup 1960-1999, Soccer Books Limited.
*Ionescu, Romeo (2004) The Complete Results & Line-Ups of the UEFA Cup 1971-1991, Soccer Books Limited.

Internet

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=457 Howard King Referee Statistics] at soccerbase.com (1992-1993 only)


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