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       #Post#: 22236--------------------------------------------------
       Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English clubs
       in Europe
   DIR By: Ted Best 2
       Date: October 21, 2020, 2:09 pm
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       I wonder if anyone can help with the following?
       Below is a list of officials where English linesmen were used in
       a European club competition match involving English clubs. I am
       looking for the missing forenames (in BOLD). The information was
       obtained from the match programmes. In some cases there isn’t a
       lot to go on especially where the town of residence wasn’t
       recorded.
       All matches with the exception of the two Wolves games are from
       the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, where in the early days local
       officials often assisted a neutral appointed referee.
       Any help would be greatly appreciated.
       26/10/1955 – London XI v Frankfurt XI
       Referee: 
       Linesmen: 
       OLNEY-WIDE, N.
       04/05/1956 – London XI v Basel XI
       Referee:
       Linesmen:
       BARKER, S. W. (Bexleyheath)
       17/04/1957 – Birmingham City v FC Internazionale
       Referee:
       Linesmen:
       SOUTHERN, R. C.
       23/10/1957 - London XI v Lausanne-Sports
       Referee:
       Linesmen:
       BLUES, D. T. (Richmond, Surrey)
       23/10/1957 – Birmingham City v CF Barcelona
       Referee: 
       Linesmen: 
       ALDRIDGE, Vernon F. L.
       04/11/1958 – Chelsea v BK Frem
       Referee: 
       Linesmen:
       STURGEON, Alfred (Alf) J.
       29/04/1959 – Chelsea v Belgrade XI
       Referee: 
       Linesmen:
       ROBINSON, J. W.  (London SW1)
       06/05/1959 – Birmingham City – Zagreb XI
       Referee:
       Linesmen: 
       WESTWOOD, A. E. (Stratford-Upon-Avon)
       30/11/1960 – Wolves v FK Austria
       Referee:
       Linesmen:
       LEWIS, G. R. (Malvern)
       19/04/1960 – Wolves v Rangers
       Referee:
       Linesmen:
       LEWIS, G. R. (Malvern)
       22/10/1963 – Arsenal v Kψbenhavn XI (Stζvnet)
       Referee:
       Linesmen:
       REED, G. (Bishop's Stortford)
       14/10/1964 – Everton v Vεlerengens IF
       Referee:
       Linesmen:
       HALL, D. W.
       22/09/1965 - Chelsea v AS Roma
       Referee: 
       Linesmen: 
       STEWART, A. J. (East Barnet)
       29/09/1965 – Leeds Utd v AC Torino
       Referee: 
       Linesmen: 
       LOUKES, E. (Sheffield)
       17/10/1967 – Leeds Utd v CA Spora
       Referee: 
       Linesmen: 
       EARNSHAW, G. (Huddersfield)
       #Post#: 22237--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: Acme Thunderer
       Date: October 21, 2020, 2:24 pm
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       Frederick ('Ricky') Nicholson, later to become a Rolls Royce
       owning FL referee.
       #Post#: 22241--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: John Treleven
       Date: October 21, 2020, 5:30 pm
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       26/10/1955 – John W. Hartnett (Southwark, London) & Norman O.
       Wilde (not Wide) (Blackheath, Kent) (Olney was his middle name)
       04/05/1956 – Eric L. Rose (Lewisham, Kent) & S.W. Barker
       (Bexleyheath, Kent)
       17/04/1957 – Vernon (not F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       & R.C. Southern (Hodge Hill, Birmingham)
       23/10/1957 – C.B. Broome (Southgate, London) & David T. Blues
       (Richmond, Surrey)
       23/10/1957 – P. Pike (Solihull, Warwickshire) & Vernon (not
       F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       04/11/1958 – D. Lewis (Dalston, London) & Alfred "Alf" John
       "Jack" Sturgeon (Putney, London)
       29/04/1959 – Ronald O. Hounsell (Southgate, London) & J.H. (not
       J.W.) Robinson (Victoria, London)
       06/05/1959 – William "Bill" Clements (West Bromwich,
       Staffordshire) & Albert "Bert" E. Westwood (Stratford on Avon,
       Warwickshire)
       30/11/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & G.R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       19/04/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & G.R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       22/10/1963 – W.G. Buckley (Charlton, London) & G. Reed (Bishop's
       Stortford, Hertfordshire)
       14/10/1964 – Frederick "Ricky" M. Nicholson (Manchester,
       Lancashire) & D.W. Hall (Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire)
       22/09/1965 – Geoffrey "Geoff" D. Roper (Swaffham Prior,
       Cambridgeshire) & A.J. Stewart (East Barnet, Hertfordshire)
       29/09/1965 – Harold P. Hackney (Barnsley, Yorkshire) & Eric
       Loukes (Sheffield, Yorkshire)
       17/10/1967 – D.B. Hepworth (Sheffield, Yorkshire) & G. Earnshaw
       (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
       12 first names still required
       #Post#: 22259--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: reflector
       Date: October 23, 2020, 7:52 am
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       G R Lewis (Malvern) was George Lewis (I used to work with him).
       #Post#: 22265--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: Ted Best 2
       Date: October 23, 2020, 9:32 am
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       Many thanks for the replies.
       I've done a bit of digging and found a couple of things on the
       internet for G. Earnshaw (Huddersfield), which, assuming this is
       the linesman in question, confirms his forname as Geoff. He
       passed away in 2011, aged 85.
  HTML https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/amateur-football-geoff-earnshaw-cited-5010200
  HTML https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/obituary-geoff-earnshaw-4965093
       #Post#: 22267--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: John Treleven
       Date: October 23, 2020, 9:45 am
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       26/10/1955 – John W. Hartnett (Southwark, London) & Norman O.
       Wilde (not Wide) (Blackheath, Kent) (Olney was his middle name)
       04/05/1956 – Eric L. Rose (Lewisham, Kent) & S.W. Barker
       (Bexleyheath, Kent)
       17/04/1957 – Vernon (not F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       & R.C. Southern (Hodge Hill, Birmingham)
       23/10/1957 – C.B. Broome (Southgate, London) & David T. Blues
       (Richmond, Surrey)
       23/10/1957 – P. Pike (Solihull, Warwickshire) & Vernon (not
       F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       04/11/1958 – D. Lewis (Dalston, London) & Alfred "Alf" John
       "Jack" Sturgeon (Putney, London)
       29/04/1959 – Ronald O. Hounsell (Southgate, London) & J.H. (not
       J.W.) Robinson (Victoria, London)
       06/05/1959 – William "Bill" Clements (West Bromwich,
       Staffordshire) & Albert "Bert" E. Westwood (Stratford on Avon,
       Warwickshire)
       30/11/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & George R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       19/04/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & George R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       22/10/1963 – W.G. Buckley (Charlton, London) & G. Reed (Bishop's
       Stortford, Hertfordshire)
       14/10/1964 – Frederick "Ricky" M. Nicholson (Manchester,
       Lancashire) & D.W. Hall (Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire)
       22/09/1965 – Geoffrey "Geoff" D. Roper (Swaffham Prior,
       Cambridgeshire) & A.J. Stewart (East Barnet, Hertfordshire)
       29/09/1965 – Harold P. Hackney (Barnsley, Yorkshire) & Eric
       Loukes (Sheffield, Yorkshire)
       17/10/1967 – D.B. Hepworth (Sheffield, Yorkshire) & Geoffrey
       "Geoff" Earnshaw (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
       10 first names still required
       #Post#: 22271--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: Left Field
       Date: October 23, 2020, 12:09 pm
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       G Reed = George Reed;
       D.W. Hall = David Hall.
       #Post#: 22278--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: John Treleven
       Date: October 24, 2020, 2:04 am
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       26/10/1955 – John W. Hartnett (Southwark, London) & Norman O.
       Wilde (not Wide) (Blackheath, Kent) (Olney was his middle name)
       04/05/1956 – Eric L. Rose (Lewisham, Kent) & S.W. Barker
       (Bexleyheath, Kent)
       17/04/1957 – Vernon (not F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       & R.C. Southern (Hodge Hill, Birmingham)
       23/10/1957 – Clifford "Cliff" B. W. Broome (Southgate, London) &
       David T. Blues (Richmond, Surrey)
       23/10/1957 – P. Pike (Solihull, Warwickshire) & Vernon (not
       F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       04/11/1958 – D. Lewis (Dalston, London) & Alfred "Alf" John
       "Jack" Sturgeon (Putney, London)
       29/04/1959 – Ronald O. Hounsell (Southgate, London) & J.H. (not
       J.W.) Robinson (Victoria, London)
       06/05/1959 – William "Bill" Clements (West Bromwich,
       Staffordshire) & Albert "Bert" E. Westwood (Stratford on Avon,
       Warwickshire)
       30/11/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & George R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       19/04/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & George R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       22/10/1963 – W.G. Buckley (Charlton, London) & George Reed
       (Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire)
       14/10/1964 – Frederick "Ricky" M. Nicholson (Manchester,
       Lancashire) & David W. Hall (Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire)
       22/09/1965 – Geoffrey "Geoff" D. Roper (Swaffham Prior,
       Cambridgeshire) & A.J. Stewart (East Barnet, Hertfordshire)
       29/09/1965 – Harold P. Hackney (Barnsley, Yorkshire) & Eric
       Loukes (Sheffield, Yorkshire)
       17/10/1967 – D.B. Hepworth (Sheffield, Yorkshire) & Geoffrey
       "Geoff" Earnshaw (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
       7 first names still required
       #Post#: 22324--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: AFAref
       Date: October 25, 2020, 9:25 am
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       Having recognised the name of Ron Hounsell as a past training
       officer of my old referees society, I thought I would have a
       look in the 50th Anniversary book that was compiled back in
       1999.
       Mr Hounsell was the training officer of the North Middlesex
       Referees Society from 1958 - 1978. The first training officer
       from 1949 - 1958 was one A.J. Stewart, and the game above in
       1965 was listed in the "plum appointments" section of said book.
       His first name being Arthur
       #Post#: 22355--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Missing forenames for English linesmen officiating English
       clubs in Europe
   DIR By: John Treleven
       Date: October 26, 2020, 1:41 am
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       26/10/1955 – John W. Hartnett (Southwark, London) & Norman O.
       Wilde (not Wide) (Blackheath, Kent) (Olney was his middle name)
       04/05/1956 – Eric L. Rose (Lewisham, Kent) & S.W. Barker
       (Bexleyheath, Kent)
       17/04/1957 – Vernon (not F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       & R.C. Southern (Hodge Hill, Birmingham)
       23/10/1957 – Clifford "Cliff" B. W. Broome (Southgate, London) &
       David T. Blues (Richmond, Surrey)
       23/10/1957 – P. Pike (Solihull, Warwickshire) & Vernon (not
       F.L.) Aldridge (Hall Green, Birmingham)
       04/11/1958 – D. Lewis (Dalston, London) & Alfred "Alf" John
       "Jack" Sturgeon (Putney, London)
       29/04/1959 – Ronald "Ron" O. Hounsell (Southgate, London) & J.H.
       (not J.W.) Robinson (Victoria, London)
       06/05/1959 – William "Bill" Clements (West Bromwich,
       Staffordshire) & Albert "Bert" E. Westwood (Stratford on Avon,
       Warwickshire)
       30/11/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & George R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       19/04/1960 – Thomas "Tom" E. Lockett (Worcester, Worcestershire)
       & George R. Lewis (Malvern, Worcestershire)
       22/10/1963 – W.G. Buckley (Charlton, London) & George Reed
       (Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire)
       14/10/1964 – Frederick "Ricky" M. Nicholson (Manchester,
       Lancashire) & David W. Hall (Urmston, Manchester, Lancashire)
       22/09/1965 – Geoffrey "Geoff" D. Roper (Swaffham Prior,
       Cambridgeshire) & Arthur J. Stewart (East Barnet, Hertfordshire)
       29/09/1965 – Harold P. Hackney (Barnsley, Yorkshire) & Eric
       Loukes (Sheffield, Yorkshire)
       17/10/1967 – D.B. Hepworth (Sheffield, Yorkshire) & Geoffrey
       "Geoff" Earnshaw (Huddersfield, Yorkshire)
       6 first names still required
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