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Who is the referee ?
DIR By: Timbo
Date: June 16, 2020, 11:22 am
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Who is the referee ?
This webpage relates to Les Bradd being inducted into Hall of
Fame of Notts County FC in 2019 :-
HTML https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2019/october/les-bradd-hall-of-fame-020919/
The photograph thereon shows Bradd attempting a diving header
for the Magpies.
There is no information as to the date of the game, the
oppostion or the referee who is clearly visible in the centre of
the photograph.
The black and white photograph probably dates from about 1970 or
thereabouts.
But who is the referee ?
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Re: Who is the referee ?
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: June 17, 2020, 3:10 am
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The picture also features on the cover of Bradd's autobiography
"Far Post" (2017) which might give details
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Re: Who is the referee ?
DIR By: olddeagle
Date: June 17, 2020, 8:09 am
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I don't have a copy of the autobiography but looking through the
Nottingham Football Post on the British Newspaper Archive, it's
clearly a home match at Meadow Lane (the old County Stand in the
background) and in winter (bare trees to the right), and a
candidate would be the match v Peterborough on 30 Jan 71. The
players' kits as seen in the photos on the front page and page 8
look very much like those in the posted picture, and one on page
8 could have been taken in the same attack and shows what
appears to look very much like the referee in the posted
picture. If so, according to the report we are looking at John
Rice (Leyland, Lancs) but as I never saw him I've no way of
knowing if that's right. No doubt someone will be able to
confirm or refute this.
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Re: Who is the referee ?
DIR By: JCFC
Date: June 17, 2020, 8:22 am
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Very interesting, olddeagle, and excellent detective work. Jack
Rice was about the only name that came to mind, but I did not
feel sufficiently convinced to make that suggestion,
particularly as he was still a supplementary referee in 70-71
and 71-72.
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Re: Who is the referee ?
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: June 17, 2020, 9:08 am
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Yes, I would go with Jack Rice. By the time he refereed
Liverpool v Man City in April 1977 (one of his final games and
on YouTube), his hair was a bit greyer but he had the same
hairstyle. So yes, I think it is Jack.
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