John R. Underhill

Quick Facts

Full Name	John R. Underhill
Occupation	Association Football Referee
Date Of Birth	Jan 5, 1961(1961-01-05)
Age	63
Birthplace	Scotland
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Capricorn

John R. Underhill Biography

John R. Underhill is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on January 5, 1961 in Scotland, United Kingdom. John R. Underhill (born 5 January 1961) is Professor of Stratigraphy in the Grant Institute of Geology in the School of Geosciences at The University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Associate Professor in the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University. He was a referee for football during the Scottish Premier League, until the mandatory age of retirement in 2008 and also a member of the FIFA panel of referees.

He was the referee for to the Junior Cup Final between Largs and Glenafton at Ibrox in 1994. He was promoted to Grade One Referee shortly after the beginning of the 1994-95 campaign. He was the official for his first SPL game (between Raith Rovers and Motherwell) in the middle of the 1995-96 season . He was a top-flight Official in Scotland and Europe until 1994, when he reached the age of retirement of officials within Scotland at the close 2007.08’s season. His final SPL matches included Gretna against Hearts and Motherwell against Rangers in May of 2008.

In 2017 he stated that, unlike the United States, large scale fracking in the UK was unlikely to be economical due to the fractured geology of the island, and a lack of trapped gas within shale deposits.

The first Englishman to represent Scotland on the FIFA International List of referees in charge of 40 international games between 1994 and 2006. Underhill was a fourth official during 2002 World Cup qualifying, and was a referee in eight matches that were that were recognized by UEFA. He was chosen by his peers to as the first head of Scottish Senior Football Referees Association (SSFRA) in 2005, a position which he held from 2005 until his aged-enforced refereeing retiral in 2008.

John R. Underhill Net Worth

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

Underhill began his career as a referee in Bristol University after taking up running to recover of an injury to his ankle. Then he was a referee during the Welsh Leagues, whilst undertaking his PhD in Cardiff (1982-85) and during the time of Dutch Football (during 1986) before returning to England and refereeing for the Southern League and Football Combination (1986-89). Underhill was transferred into Edinburgh in 1989, and began refereeing in local leagues until he was elevated to Scottish Football Association’s senior List of Referees the year 1991.

He completed his first master’s degree in geology at Bristol University in 1982. He was awarded an honorary PhD at The University of Wales, Cardiff in 1985, the topic of his dissertation was Neogene as well as Quaternary Tectonics and Sedimentation in Western Greece’. He was employed by Shell throughout The Hague and London as geoscientist for exploration. He was appointed a lecturer at The Grant Institute of Geology (as it was in the past) in 1989, before being promoted to Professor of Stratigraphy in 1998. His primary field of research is examining how Sedimentary Basins are formed and develop by using seismic interpretation techniques. One of his inter- disciplinary geo-research which has garnered recent recognition is his assessment of the geomorphological, geological and geophysical evidence of the relocation of Odysseus’ Homeland, Ancient Ithaca. Underhill was elected the Vice President Elect for the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) in 2009, an organization that was the President between 2011 and 2012. The year 2012 was the time he won The Geological Society’s Petroleum Group Silver Medal and the Edinburgh Geological Society’s Clough Medal.

Since retiring from the SPL, Underhill has retained an interest in refereeing through Masters Football, a televised indoor 6-a-side tournament which is played throughout the UK each summer and internationally in Dubai, Vietnam and Kuala Lumpur. In 2009, he was one of the first referees to use video technology on live (Sky) TV to correctly disallow a goal and award a penalty for the opposition in the Masters Football Grand Final in the Liverpool Arena.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. John R. Underhill celebrates birthday on January 5 of every year.