Uriah Rennie, the first black Premier League referee, has died at the age of 65 with the football world paying tribute to a “pioneer” and “trailblazer” of the game.
The Jamaica-born official grew up in Sheffield and oversaw more than 300 top-flight matches starting with his breakthrough appointment as Derby hosted Wimbledon in August 1997. The game was, however, abandoned to due floodlight failure.
