Wendy Toms Wendy Toms Wendy Toms (born 16 October 1962) is an English former football referee from Broadstone, Dorset who has officiated in the Football League and then the Premier League, both as an assistant referee. She was the first female ever to fulfil such roles at those levels. She also served for FIFA on the women's international list. Her other occupation is as a parcel post manager. Toms took up refereeing in the late 1980s, and progressed to become a reserve (now "fourth") official in the Football League in 1991 for the Bournemouth versus Reading match in the old Third Division,
Toms The Best was the 1998 English Greyhound Derby but before the event started in May he reached the finals of the Blue Riband and Scottish Greyhound Derby. Then he headed for the Derby at Wimbledon Stadium and became the first greyhound in history to win both the Irish and English Derby. He was retired after winning 21 of his 40 races and earned over £115,000 in prize money and was voted 1998 Greyhound of the Year. He was a successful sire at stud, siring many top open racers until he died in 2008, aged 13 at the Savva kennels. Toms The Best