Uriah Rennie

Rennie began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then operated in the Northern Premier League until 1994, at which time he was appointed to the Football League List of referees. He was given his first Premiership appointment on 23 August 1997, a game between Leeds United and Crystal Palace at Elland Road.[2] Rennie became a FIFA referee in 2000,[3] and joined the Select Group of professional referees the following year. Keith Hackett, head of the Professional Game Match Officials Board has described him as "the fittest referee we have ever seen on the national and world scene."[4] At the end of 2004, he retired from the FIFA list, after reaching the compulsory age of 45 but made a return to active refereeing in November 2007, following a hamstring injury,[5] In September 2010, Rennie became president of Hallam FC which was celebrating its 150th anniversary season.

Season	Games	Total	per game	Total	per game
1997/1998	27	102	3.78	10	0.37
1998/1999	27	117	4.34	7	0.26
1999/2000	28	96	3.43	10	0.36
2000/2001	39	82	2.10	8	0.21
2001/2002	34	86	2.52	5	0.15
2002/2003	31	82	2.65	10	0.32
2003/2004	24	79	3.29	1	0.04
2004/2005	31	64	2.06	2	0.06
2005/2006	44	94	2.14	5	0.11
2006/2007	39	123	3.15	5	0.13
2007/2008	21	59	2.80	7	0.33

(There are no available records prior to 1997/1998)

He practises both kick-boxing and aikido, and has a Master's degree in business administration and law. He is also a magistrate in Sheffield.[6] He is married and has one daughter.[4] He appeared as himself in the BBC Two drama Marvellous, broadcast in September 2014.[7]

In August 2015, he became the referee in the ITV game show, Freeze Out, presented by Mark Durden-Smith.

• Uriah Rennie Referee Statistics at soccerbase.com