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Special Collection - Ron Crabb
DIR By: Timbo
Date: August 23, 2020, 2:30 pm
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These photographs donated by Ron Crabb to "The Grecial Archive"
at the University of Exeter might be of interest :-
HTML http://grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk/items/browse?collection=84&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&page=1
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Re: Special Collection - Ron Crabb
DIR By: reflector
Date: August 23, 2020, 6:41 pm
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Intersting to see. I always felt Ron Crabb was a somewhat
underrated and dependable official.
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Re: Special Collection - Ron Crabb
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: August 24, 2020, 3:48 am
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An interesting collection. We had Ron bowing out of League
refereeing at Watford v Southport on 29th April 1978, but it now
appears that he refereed Plymouth v Bradford City two days
later. I will amend the 'Final Games' database. His first Div 1
game was Palace v Huddersfield in March 1971, a quite dreadful
and humiliating game from the home team's point of view. I was
trying to place some of the linesmen but cannot see any I
recognise. I love the 'Ron Crabb, Referee and team' photo about
halfway down page 1, where both of the linesmen looked as though
they'd been on the pies and lager the night before! I think this
might have been a pre-season friendly. Ron was a prison officer
and was a good if somewhat underrated referee, as you suggest
reflector.
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Re: Special Collection - Ron Crabb
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: August 24, 2020, 9:35 am
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Yes Ron Crabb refereed the re-arranged Plymouth v Bradford City
match on Bank Holiday Monday 1st May 1978
I think it was the first year of the new Bank Holiday
It was the second of two vital relegations matches in three days
at Home Park. Plymouth beat Port Vale 3-1
on the Saturday and Bradford City 6-0 to secure their Division 3
safety with both Port Vale and Bradford City being relegated
The Bradford City match was followed by a Reserves game v
Arsenal on the same day as fixtures were caught up with
However things might have been very different as the original
match on Saturday 18th February
had been abandoned mid way through the second half with Plymouth
losing 0-1 and a player sent off
Had that result stood Plymouth would gone down and Bradford City
survived
Crabb had again been in charge when a blizzard hit, his watch
froze and he was taken to hospital to be checked for hypothermia
On February 18th 1978 one of the worst blizzards for over 100
years affected the South West of England, and Devon was
particularly badly hit.
Gales and blizzard conditions brought the region to a
standstill. The weather front carrying the snow was expected to
move right across the south
and continue to the Midlands, but stalled over the South West.
By Sunday night 13.4 inches (34cm) of level snow was reported at
Exeter Airport,
with snowdrifts of over 24 feet. Enormous drifts on Dartmoor
blocked roads and paralysed the transport network. Power lines
were brought down and for three days many parts of Devon had no
electricity or running water. Supplies of food and water had to
be flown into the worst hit areas by helicopter.
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