Wendy Toms is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on October 16, 1962 in Dorset, United Kingdom. Wendy Toms (born 16 October 1962) is a English former referee for football located in Broadstone, Dorset who has served as a referee for the Football League and then the Premier League, both as an assistant referee. The first female to ever hold these roles at the collegiate level. She also was a member of FIFA in the Women’s international team. Her other work is an administrator of parcels.
She was the head over her team’s UEFA Women’s Cup quarter-final first leg on the 30th of October, 2003, between Brondby IF of Denmark and Gomrukcu Baku of Azerbaijan, with the Danish team winning 9-0. winners.
Wendy Toms was also named in derogatory fashion during the Richard Keys and Andy Gray rant regarding women officiating elite football matches in late 2010, which cost the two broadcasters their jobs.
Toms most prestigious domestic honor was his appointment as an assistant in an assistant referee for the Football League Cup Final between Leicester City and Tranmere at Wembley on February 27, 2000. The officiating was Alan Wilkie. Leicester took the win 2-1, and Toms declaring offside in one instance which caused Tranmere (and the former Leicester) athlete David Kelly’s “equalising goal” to be disallowed. She also served as an assistant referee for two matches of the 2000 Olympic Games, having been chosen by FIFA to work on their women’s international team.
