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Re: Darren England
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: May 1, 2021, 2:13 am
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> Have I missed something? I was under the impression that there
were currently only nine out of a possible ten FIFA Referees
from England, leaving Messrs England and Jones to compete for
the one remaining spot.
>
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I make it nine too. Oliver, Taylor, Pawson, Attwell, Tierney,
Kavanagh, A Madley, Coote, Bankes. If he falls just within the
age band I would expect Darren England to get a FIFA Badge from
the beginning of 2022 and Rob Jones, who I believe is younger
and I don't think has quite established himself in SG1 as well
as England, to get a FIFA badge after the next retiree whom I
presume will be Taylor or Pawson.
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Re: Darren England
DIR By: ARF
Date: May 1, 2021, 5:20 am
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--- Quote from: Whistleblower link ---
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> Of course having three forename initials does not
automatically confer greatness. One thinks of A C F in
particular. However, this is more than counter-balanced by A W
S, D R G, T H C, L F G, M J D and to bring us back to
another thread N C H
>
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I think I know DRG (from my neck of the woods unless I'm much
mistaken!) but I'm drawing a blank for the others!
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Re: Darren England
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: May 1, 2021, 5:42 am
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> [quote author=Whistleblower link=topic=2410.msg30614#msg30614
date=1619786770]
> Of course having three forename initials does not
automatically confer greatness. One thinks of A C F in
particular. However, this is more than counter-balanced by A W
S, D R G, T H C, L F G, M J D and to bring us back to
another thread N C H
>
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I think I know DRG (from my neck of the woods unless I'm much
mistaken!) but I'm drawing a blank for the others!
[/quote]
M J D Bodenham from Looe is one...
#Post#: 30648--------------------------------------------------
Re: Darren England
DIR By: Leggy
Date: May 1, 2021, 6:45 am
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A W S Smith is another (with Alan Charles Fredrick Turvey being
the obvious / infamous one).
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Re: Darren England
DIR By: JCFC
Date: May 1, 2021, 6:48 am
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I rather think Whistleblower was thinking of AWS Jones, from
Ormskirk, rather than Leggy's Mr Smith.
#Post#: 30650--------------------------------------------------
Re: Darren England
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: May 1, 2021, 6:51 am
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I don't know about Smith, I was thinking of
A W S Jones ( Ormskirk ). First rate referee
#Post#: 30651--------------------------------------------------
Re: Darren England
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: May 1, 2021, 6:52 am
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Beat me to it JCFC
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Re: Darren England
DIR By: JCFC
Date: May 1, 2021, 6:59 am
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In the more working-class environment of Rugby League, I can
only recall DTH Davies of Pendlebury, who was the top dog in the
early sixties, and much later HFT Mason of Halifax, who bdid not
reach quite such heights. I remember a touch judge, JRT O'Connor
from Huddersfield, and there may have been others, but they were
a rarity.
In the site's previous incarnation, we were, however, able to
draw up a list of about a dozen Scottish league referees, from a
much smaller pool than the Football League list.
This discrepancy was reflected by my grandparents. The Yorkshire
ones gave their two sons the one Christian name (Frank and
James), while the Scottish ones - in no ways posh - christened
their two daughters with the names Margaret Jane Wylie and Mary
Ailsa Young.
JCFC ended with the boring compromise of two - one of which I
don't like too much ... and the other I absolutely loathe.
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Re: Darren England
DIR By: JCFC
Date: May 1, 2021, 7:05 am
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In the good old days, the newspapers used to print full results
of Amateur Golf Championships. Though not a golfer, I always
read these with interest and picked names to support. J.
Ambridge (West Herts) had a certain appeal, as my family were
regular listeners to The Archers. My favourite though, with the
three initials, was JRW Walkinshaw (Haggs Castle.)
Better known was RDBM Shade, whose initials were rendered by his
colleagues as Right Down the Bloody Middle.
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Re: Darren England
DIR By: JCFC
Date: May 1, 2021, 7:12 am
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It is a shame that a certain Fat Lady, mentioned as an
"accredited cricket umpire"(whatever that might mean) in
Wikipedia, did not take up the whistle as well. A programme
listing the referee as C T P A M J A E T L E Dickson Wright
would surely have been quite a collector's item.
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