Tom Webb
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3747652 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Tom Webb |
| NOMBRES | Tom |
| APELLIDO | Webb |
| FIRMA | WEBB T |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Portsmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1216-5307 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Non-accidental violence toward sport officials
There is yet to be a focused review and synthesis on non-accidental violence toward sport officials despite a surge in academic inquiry into the topic over the last 25 years. As such, the aim of this review is to synthesize what is known about non-accidental violence toward sport officials. Articles were selected in March 2025. 32 articles were included in this scoping review with 13 countries and 7 sports represented. 43.7% of studies used quali…
Retaining football referees
Referee retention is a significant concern in football, affecting the sport’s integrity and continuity. While research has highlighted the pressures referees face, few studies have examined the biographical, motivational, and organisational factors influencing their career duration. This article explores the determinants of referee retention through a two-step, data-driven analysis of a unique dataset covering football referees in Madrid over thr…
Managing and Developing Sports Officials
This book offers an evidence-based guide to the development, management, and retention of sports officials. Drawing on research at all levels of sport, from grassroots to professional, this book focuses on best practices for sports officials and for anybody involved in the management or training of sports officials. This book is divided into three parts. The first takes a close look at who sports officials are, their motivations, and the formal a…
Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health
Introduction: Sport officials are tasked with applying rules, maintaining fairness, and ensuring athlete safety. However, sport officials experience anxiety, burnout, and non-accidental violence, with the incidence of these events increasing worldwide. This has led to rising attrition rates among sport officials, with many sport organizations concerned for their operational capacity. The effects of anxiety, burnout, and non-accidental violence mi…
The evolution of referees in the English Premier League
Despite their importance, referees are an often overlooked part of professional football. Referees are an integral part of the global game and are required for fixtures to take place and competitions to occur. The English Premier League (EPL) provides a unique backdrop to consider the development of referees within the league, from the formation up until the present day. Referees have dealt with numerous changes, developments and technological ad…
Developing a mental health research agenda for football referees
The mental health of football referees at amateur and elite levels has received very little research attention, with the majority of mental health research focused on players. Unfortunately, such a shallow research pool has resulted in a deficit of knowledge which prevents not only the understanding of mental health symptoms and disorders in this population but also the creation of evidence-based interventions. As such, the purpose of this commen…
The future of officiating
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected life around the world.As countries react to the pandemic through various measures impacting upon the civil liberty of citizens, football has not been immune to these interventions.Football around the globe has been interrupted, from professional leagues to grassroots and youth football, whilst attempts to restart the game have been problematic and complicated.Amongst all of the attempts across the world to resta…
Respect? An investigation into the experience of referees in association football
This article focuses on the response by 2056 football referees across all 51 County Football Associations in England, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey to an online survey conducted from 30 September 2015 to 30 November 2015 regarding their experience of officiating since the implementation of a Respect programme in 2008 by the English Football Association. In assessing the impact of the programme, whilst 54 per cent of referees felt that it h…
Spanish Football and Social Change
Spanish Football and Social Change: Sociological Investigations, by Ramón Llopis-Goig." The International Journal of the History of Sport, 34(3-4), pp. 295–296
The impact of referee training
The effect of increased development and professionalization in elite Association Football referee training and the relationship with reduced home advantage in the English professional leagues were examined. The central aim was to chart the evolution of referee training, and how these developments in referee training have assisted in reducing home advantage. Interviews were conducted with elite and ex-elite referees, as well as those involved in t…
Referees and the media
The association football/media relationship has evolved since the sport was covered in newspapers, and on radio and television. The impact of the media on association football is undeniable with increased wealth in the game directly attributable to the increasing monetary value of television deals covering the English Premier League. This has, in turn, meant that refereeing decisions are now subject to intensified scrutiny and historically this h…
Knight of the Whistle’
Media interest in the association code of football is an accepted part of the modern form of the game. The impact of this increased attention from the media can be traced both through an understanding of the developing media/sport relationship during the 1920s and 1930s and specific examples of this burgeoning relationship through the career of W.P. Harper, a prominent referee, who recorded and maintained some of the press coverage he received du…
Elite refereeing structures in England
The structure employed in England for referees and elite referees is something which has evolved as the game of Association Football has developed over time. This referee promotion, support and management system has changed more rapidly since the inauguration of the Premier League and latterly since the introduction of ‘full-time’ or ‘professional’ referees. The change in the promotion and support for elite referees has necessitated changes to th…
The Emergence of Training and Assessment for Referees in Association Football
The referee is an essential part of the codified form of Association Football that we know today. Nevertheless, this has not always been the case; whilst a referee, in some form, has been a requirement since codification in order for football matches to occur, referees have not always been central in the thought process of rule makers and those developing the game. This essay explores the evolution of the referee within Association Football and, …
The Emergence of Training and Assessment for Referees in Association Football
The referee is an essential part of the codified form of Association Football that we know today. Nevertheless, this has not always been the case; whilst a referee, in some form, has been a requirement since codification in order for football matches to occur, referees have not always been central in the thought process of rule makers and those developing the game. This essay explores the evolution of the referee within Association Football and, …
The future of officiating
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected life around the world.As countries react to the pandemic through various measures impacting upon the civil liberty of citizens, football has not been immune to these interventions.Football around the globe has been interrupted, from professional leagues to grassroots and youth football, whilst attempts to restart the game have been problematic and complicated.Amongst all of the attempts across the world to resta…
Referees and the media
The association football/media relationship has evolved since the sport was covered in newspapers, and on radio and television. The impact of the media on association football is undeniable with increased wealth in the game directly attributable to the increasing monetary value of television deals covering the English Premier League. This has, in turn, meant that refereeing decisions are now subject to intensified scrutiny and historically this h…
Knight of the Whistle’
Media interest in the association code of football is an accepted part of the modern form of the game. The impact of this increased attention from the media can be traced both through an understanding of the developing media/sport relationship during the 1920s and 1930s and specific examples of this burgeoning relationship through the career of W.P. Harper, a prominent referee, who recorded and maintained some of the press coverage he received du…
Respect? An investigation into the experience of referees in association football
This article focuses on the response by 2056 football referees across all 51 County Football Associations in England, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey to an online survey conducted from 30 September 2015 to 30 November 2015 regarding their experience of officiating since the implementation of a Respect programme in 2008 by the English Football Association. In assessing the impact of the programme, whilst 54 per cent of referees felt that it h…
Elite refereeing structures in England
The structure employed in England for referees and elite referees is something which has evolved as the game of Association Football has developed over time. This referee promotion, support and management system has changed more rapidly since the inauguration of the Premier League and latterly since the introduction of ‘full-time’ or ‘professional’ referees. The change in the promotion and support for elite referees has necessitated changes to th…
Elite refereeing structures in England
The structure employed in England for referees and elite referees is something which has evolved as the game of Association Football has developed over time. This referee promotion, support and management system has changed more rapidly since the inauguration of the Premier League and latterly since the introduction of ‘full-time’ or ‘professional’ referees. The change in the promotion and support for elite referees has necessitated changes to th…
The Emergence of Training and Assessment for Referees in Association Football
The referee is an essential part of the codified form of Association Football that we know today. Nevertheless, this has not always been the case; whilst a referee, in some form, has been a requirement since codification in order for football matches to occur, referees have not always been central in the thought process of rule makers and those developing the game. This essay explores the evolution of the referee within Association Football and, …
The impact of referee training
The effect of increased development and professionalization in elite Association Football referee training and the relationship with reduced home advantage in the English professional leagues were examined. The central aim was to chart the evolution of referee training, and how these developments in referee training have assisted in reducing home advantage. Interviews were conducted with elite and ex-elite referees, as well as those involved in t…
Referees and the media
The association football/media relationship has evolved since the sport was covered in newspapers, and on radio and television. The impact of the media on association football is undeniable with increased wealth in the game directly attributable to the increasing monetary value of television deals covering the English Premier League. This has, in turn, meant that refereeing decisions are now subject to intensified scrutiny and historically this h…
Knight of the Whistle’
Media interest in the association code of football is an accepted part of the modern form of the game. The impact of this increased attention from the media can be traced both through an understanding of the developing media/sport relationship during the 1920s and 1930s and specific examples of this burgeoning relationship through the career of W.P. Harper, a prominent referee, who recorded and maintained some of the press coverage he received du…
Spanish Football and Social Change
Spanish Football and Social Change: Sociological Investigations, by Ramón Llopis-Goig." The International Journal of the History of Sport, 34(3-4), pp. 295–296
Respect? An investigation into the experience of referees in association football
This article focuses on the response by 2056 football referees across all 51 County Football Associations in England, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey to an online survey conducted from 30 September 2015 to 30 November 2015 regarding their experience of officiating since the implementation of a Respect programme in 2008 by the English Football Association. In assessing the impact of the programme, whilst 54 per cent of referees felt that it h…
The future of officiating
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected life around the world.As countries react to the pandemic through various measures impacting upon the civil liberty of citizens, football has not been immune to these interventions.Football around the globe has been interrupted, from professional leagues to grassroots and youth football, whilst attempts to restart the game have been problematic and complicated.Amongst all of the attempts across the world to resta…
Developing a mental health research agenda for football referees
The mental health of football referees at amateur and elite levels has received very little research attention, with the majority of mental health research focused on players. Unfortunately, such a shallow research pool has resulted in a deficit of knowledge which prevents not only the understanding of mental health symptoms and disorders in this population but also the creation of evidence-based interventions. As such, the purpose of this commen…
The evolution of referees in the English Premier League
Despite their importance, referees are an often overlooked part of professional football. Referees are an integral part of the global game and are required for fixtures to take place and competitions to occur. The English Premier League (EPL) provides a unique backdrop to consider the development of referees within the league, from the formation up until the present day. Referees have dealt with numerous changes, developments and technological ad…
Managing and Developing Sports Officials
This book offers an evidence-based guide to the development, management, and retention of sports officials. Drawing on research at all levels of sport, from grassroots to professional, this book focuses on best practices for sports officials and for anybody involved in the management or training of sports officials. This book is divided into three parts. The first takes a close look at who sports officials are, their motivations, and the formal a…
Implementing a scoping review to explore sport officials' mental health
Introduction: Sport officials are tasked with applying rules, maintaining fairness, and ensuring athlete safety. However, sport officials experience anxiety, burnout, and non-accidental violence, with the incidence of these events increasing worldwide. This has led to rising attrition rates among sport officials, with many sport organizations concerned for their operational capacity. The effects of anxiety, burnout, and non-accidental violence mi…
Retaining football referees
Referee retention is a significant concern in football, affecting the sport’s integrity and continuity. While research has highlighted the pressures referees face, few studies have examined the biographical, motivational, and organisational factors influencing their career duration. This article explores the determinants of referee retention through a two-step, data-driven analysis of a unique dataset covering football referees in Madrid over thr…
Non-accidental violence toward sport officials
There is yet to be a focused review and synthesis on non-accidental violence toward sport officials despite a surge in academic inquiry into the topic over the last 25 years. As such, the aim of this review is to synthesize what is known about non-accidental violence toward sport officials. Articles were selected in March 2025. 32 articles were included in this scoping review with 13 countries and 7 sports represented. 43.7% of studies used quali…
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