Graham Laws

Quick Facts

Full Name	Graham Laws
Occupation	Association Football Referee
Date Of Birth	Aug 17, 1961(1961-08-17)
Age	63
Birthplace	Whitley Bay
Country	England
Horoscope	Leo

Graham Laws Biography

Graham Laws is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on August 17, 1961 in Whitley Bay, England. Graham Laws (born 17 August 1961, Whitley Bay, Northumberland) is an English association referee in football. He is a member of the Football League, and has previously served as an official fourth of the Premier League. He has been twice to Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, as a referee at an Football League playoff Final and at the Football League Trophy Final.

On April 28, 2002, he was selected to be the referee for the Second Division playoff semi-final first leg match between Huddersfield and Brentford that ended 0-0. The match was followed on May 2 2002 with a semi-final second leg match with Millwall as well as Birmingham during Birmingham’s First Division playoffs. Birmingham beat Millwall 1-1 to secure their place in the Final and then the Premiership. On May 11, 2002, he was the referee for Cardiff’s Second Division playoff Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, in which Stoke City beat Brentford 2-0 to be promoted into the First Division.

On 10 February 2004, Laws took control of the Football League Trophy Southern Final first leg contested by Colchester and Southend at Layer Road, the home side suffering a 3–2 defeat.

Laws has also handled important matches involving the England national youth football team, such as their fixture against Scotland youth on 22 December 2004 at Victoria Park, Hartlepool, which finished 1–0 to England, courtesy of a David Wheater goal in the 27th minute.

He was the an official fourth for Eddie Wolstenholme two times in major games. The first time was in his role in the FA Vase Final at Villa Park on May 6, 2001, and later in the Football League Second Division playoff Final in Cardiff on the 27th of May in 2001.

Graham Laws Net Worth

Graham Laws is one of the richest Association Football Referee from England. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Graham Laws 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was the brother of David Laws, was also a Football League referee, from 1995 until 2003.

Graham Laws progressed through the lower leagues, becoming a referee in the Northern Premier League, before being named on his place on the Football League list of referees in the year 1996.

He was honoured with further end-of-season Playoff appointments in 2004. On 15 May 2004, he took charge of the Third Division playoff semi-final first leg at Sincil Bank between Lincoln and Huddersfield, which ended in a 2–1 away win. And he then went to the Withdean Stadium on 20 May 2004 to handle the Second Division playoff semi-final second leg between Brighton and Swindon.

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At the end of that season, Laws handled the League One playoff semi-final first leg between Brentford and Swansea on 14 May 2006. Swansea won 2–0, but lost in the Final to Barnsley.

Facts & Trivia

Graham Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in England. Graham Laws celebrates birthday on August 17 of every year.

On 8 December 2007, the Championship game between Sheffield Wednesday and Coventry City at Hillsborough had to be abandoned after 28 minutes play, “due to a heavily waterlogged pitch”. Laws explained: “It wasn’t a difficult decision to start the game. Both teams were out there warming up and I received no complaints from anyone. While it wasn’t ideal conditions, I certainly didn’t see any reason not to start the game.”