One of the most common face in the English Premier League for the last 11 years will not be on show again as Howard Webb announced his retirement from refereeing. At least not on the pitch anymore. Webb has decided to become the technical director of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, which means a career outside the pitch. One thing for sure, we will miss him. Although he received a lot of criticism during his career, The Writer still feel he was one of the best referees around.
One thing that most readers do not know about Howard Webb is, he was a former policeman before he focused his career on refereeing. No wonder he got the look of a tough and strong looking physique. He was rewarded with the Member of the British Empire (MBE) medal by Prince Charles of England for his outstanding achievement in football and was the only referee that was chosen to officiate the World Cup Final and the UEFA Champions League Final in the same year.
Howard Webb will forever be remembered with the jokes of how biased he was for Manchester United during his career and how he missed to sent off Nigel de Jong for kung-fu kicking Xabi Alonso during the 2010 World Cup Final. But still, his legacy of refereeing will also be missed forever...
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