Steve Tanner (referee)
| Full name | Stephen J Tanner | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
21 October 1970 Bristol, England |
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| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| ? -2002 | Southern League | Referee | |
| 2002-2003 | Conference South | Referee | |
| 1998-2003 | Football League | Assistant referee | |
| 2003-2007; 2009-2012 | Football League | Referee | |
| 2007-2009 | Premier League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | ||
| 2008-2009 | FIFA | ||
Stephen J. Tanner (born 21 October 1970, Bristol) is an English former association football referee who operated in the Premier League and The Football League. Tanner was also a FIFA listed referee between 2008-2009.
He began refereeing in 1987, eventually officiating in the Southern League until 2002, during which he was promoted to the list of Football League assistant referees (in 1998).
He was a referee in the Football Conference South from 2002 to 2003.
As an assistant referee, Tanner officiated in the 2003 FA Trophy final. In the same year, he progressed to the National List of Football League referees, taking control of his first match on 9 August 2003, between Football League Third Division sides Kidderminster and Mansfield Town, the home side winning 2-1.
He took charge of the Championship play-off semi-final second leg between Watford and Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road on 9 May 2006, which ended 0-0.
Tanner was promoted to the PGMO Ltd Select Group of referees at the start of the 2007-08 season. He had already refereed three Premier League games in the previous season as 'trial' matches, the first of which was the encounter between Reading and Everton at the Madejski Stadium on 23 December 2006, with the away side winning 2-0. However, the second of those appointments, Watford against Wigan Athletic, was abandoned early in the second half due to heavy rain with the score at 1-1. The match was subsequently struck from Premier League records.
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