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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
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DIR By: JCFC
Date: October 1, 2021, 10:01 am
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I did not know about the Manchester area, associating him with
Nottinghamshire and, if he was the linesman in the 1979 Cup
Final, Chelmsford. Henry Dempsey was born in Cumbernauld (close
to Croy) in 1941, so the line appointment in 1966 would not have
been impossible for a young official considered promising at
that time.
I believe he died in 1999 in Nottingham.
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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
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DIR By: John Treleven
Date: October 1, 2021, 10:31 am
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Henry "Harry" Dempsey, who died in Nottingham in Q1 1999, was
born 26th May 1941 and was therefore only 57
He was on the line for the 1979 F.A. Cup Final two weeks before
his 38th birthday
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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
(Eng/Sco/NI/Irl)
DIR By: jad
Date: October 4, 2021, 5:27 am
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Presumably Mr R.G. 'Bert' Benzie was Robert: Roberts often get
called Bert in Scotland.
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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
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DIR By: John Treleven
Date: October 4, 2021, 5:43 am
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Yes probably, I was looking for confirmation
#Post#: 38225--------------------------------------------------
Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
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DIR By: JCFC
Date: October 4, 2021, 6:40 am
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A Robert Goudie Benzie died in Irvine in 1971, aged 67.
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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
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DIR By: John Treleven
Date: October 4, 2021, 7:21 am
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Thanks both, in the middle v Irish at Ibrox 1948
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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
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DIR By: Timbo
Date: October 4, 2021, 2:11 pm
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--- Quote from: John Treleven link ---
>
> Harry Dempsey was a tax inspector in Glasgow whose last match
in Scotland was to referee Motherwell v Falkirk on 28th October
1972
>
> His job took him to Chelmsford where he was listed as an F.L.
linesman in 1973-74
>
> He moved again, to Nottingham, where he is listed for 1980-81
& 1981-82
>
> Possibly he then moved to Stockport and came off the F.L. list
as he not named in 1983-84
>
--- End Quote ---
This is all a very long time ago. However, I have a vague
recollection of Harry Dempsey moving to Stockport to work for a
firm of accountants that was run by a FL referee :-
HTML https://www.accountancydaily.co/trevor-jones-driving-force
Or maybe he worked for that firm but remained resident in
Nottingham ?
#Post#: 39548--------------------------------------------------
Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
(Eng/Sco/NI/Irl)
DIR By: scottie
Date: November 7, 2021, 10:11 am
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With regards to D Kyle. I think this is Donald Kyle who I
believe was a Grade 1 official and was on the line for the 1960
European Cup Final at Hampden when Jack Mowat was the referee.
Donald Kyle also became a Referee Supervisor (Mowat was the
Chief Supervisor) and was a close friend of Jack Mowat. Rollo
was, indeed, his son. What is supposed to have happened is that
Kyle Snr mentioned, in passing, to Mowat about the gifts (suits,
I think) that Gordon, Kyle and David Mc Cartney (the 2nd
linesman) received from AC Milan. Mowat passed this onto
either/both UEFA and the SFA who investigated.
Clive Thomas is quite disparaging about Mowat in his book and
seems to suggest Mowat received 'gifts' as a referee observer
for FIFA in a WC tie in either Iran or Saudi Arabia
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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
(Eng/Sco/NI/Irl)
DIR By: Law18
Date: April 22, 2026, 5:31 am
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I have just registered with the site and can provide the first
names of a good number of Scottish officials together with a few
of Irish officials.
1913 Ref Sgt. Major Vick (Glasgow)
1919 Ref G.W. Hamilton (Motherwell)
1927 Ref A.B. Williamson (Glasgow)
1928 Ref A.B. Williamson (Glasgow)
1929 Line R. Innes (Glasgow)
1930 Line R. Morrison (Falkirk)
1931 Ref J. Hudson (Glasgow)
1936 Line A.B. Williamson (Glasgow)
1948 Ref R.G. "Bert" Benzie (Irvine)
1949 Line D. Stevenson (Glasgow)
1949 Line F.S. Crossley (Motherwell)
1949 Line P. O'Keane (Wishaw)
1949 Line R.W. Jeffrey (Glasgow)
1951 Line J. Pickering (Motherwell)
1951 Line J.B. Johnstone (East Kilbride)
1951 Ref J.S. Cox (Rutherglen, Glasgow)
1951 Ref J.S. Cox (Rutherglen, Glasgow)
1951 Line P. O'Keane (Wishaw)
1951 Line R. Taylor (Bearsden)
1953 Line D. Kyle (Glasgow)
1953 Line J.A. Paterson (Glasgow)
1954 Line M. Graham (Paisley)
1954 Line R. Taylor (Bearsden)
1955 Line D. Kyle (Glasgow)
1955 Line J. Rutherford (Glasgow)
1957 Line T.R. Thomson (Glasgow)
1957 Line W. Blackwell (Glasgow)
1957 Ref W. Harvie (Dalry)
1958 Line J.C. Ferguson (Barnton)
1958 Line J.L. Brown (Glasgow)
1958 Line J.S. Watson (Glasgow)
SFA List for this season
1958 Line J.W. Paterson (Grangemouth)
1958 Line T.R. Thomson (Glasgow)
1958 Line W.F. Guild (Glasgow)
1959 Line T.R. Thomson (Glasgow)
1959 Line W.F. Guild (Glasgow)
1960 Line D. Barnes (Glasgow)
on the SFA List. Could it be George Barr (Glasgow)?
1960 Line D. Kyle (Glasgow)
1961 Line D. Kyle (Glasgow)
1961 Line J.D. Workman (Glasgow)
1961 Line T.R. Thomson (Glasgow)
1961 Line W.S. Black (Glasgow)
1962 Line E. Harkin (Glasgow)
1962 Ref J. Stewart (Paisley)
1962 Line J.R. Grant (Glasgow)
1963 Line J.R. Grant (Glasgow)
1965 Line H.B. McNicol (Clydebank)
1965 Line J.H. Hayes (Kikintilloch)
1965 Line T.R. Thomson (Glasgow)
1966 Line W.F. Guild (Glasgow)
1967 Line A.S. McNair (Glasgow)
1967 Line T.R. Thomson (Glasgow)
1969 Line D. Henderson (Wishaw)
1969 Line G.D. McIntyre (Glasgow)
McIntyre on the List for this season
1969 Line J.D. Workman (Glasgow)
1969 Line J.D. Workman (Glasgow)
1970 Line P.J. McGuire (Glasgow)
1970 Line T.R. Thomson (Glasgow)
1971 Line A.M. McEwan (Glasgow)
1971 Line R.C. Johnston (Strathaven)
1973 Line W.H. Quinn (stewarton)
1976 Line A.M. McEwan (Glasgow)
1976 Line D.A. Grant (Edinburgh)
1978 Line T.T. Gilbert (East Kilbride)
1944 Line T. Butler (Dublin)
1947 Line S. McKitttrick (Belfast)
1949 Ref E. Boland (Dublin)
1949 Ref M.E. Boland (Dublin)
referee
1950 Line J. Davidson (Belfast)
1951 Line E. Boland (Dublin)
1951 Ref M.E. Boland (Dublin)
1952 Ref J. Davidson (Newtonards)
1953 Line E. Boland (Dublin)
1953 Line J. Davidson (Newtonards)
1953 Ref J. Davidson (Newtonards)
1953 Ref M. Byrne (Dublin)
1953 Line M.E. Boland (Dublin)
1953 Line R.J. Quail (Belfast)
1953 Line W. Williams (Belfast)
1954 Line M. Byrne (Dublin)
1954 Ref M. Byrne (Dublin)
1955 Line M. Byrne (Dublin)
1955 Ref M. Byrne (Dublin)
1955 Ref W. Waldron (Dublin)
1956 Line G. O'Leary (Dublin)
(Dublin)on the FIFA List in 1956-57 - and 1970-71!
1956 Line R.G. Arbuthnot (Belfast)
1956 Line W. Truelock (Dublin)
Trulock in the FIFA List
1957 Line J. O'Donnell (Limerick)
1958 Ref H. Brown (Belfast)
1958 Line J. O'Donnell (Limerick)
1959 Line R.G. Arbuthnot (Belfast)
1961 Line H. Brown (Belfast)
1961 Line H. Brown (Belfast)
1961 Line J. Russell (Belfast)
1962 Line H. Brown (Belfast)
1964 Line J. Russell (Belfast)
1964 Line J. Russell (Belfast)
1971 Line C. O'Leary (Dublin)
1986 Line A. Gallagher (Dublin)
1995 Line C. Prentice (N.Ireland)
1995 Line M. Ross (N.Ireland)
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Re: First names needed for Inter-League Match Officials
(Eng/Sco/NI/Irl)
DIR By: mutn3
Date: April 22, 2026, 8:06 am
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Harry Dempsey assessed me, whilst I was assisting at Eastwood
Town, probably 1987.
The exact words I can't recall, but he suggested that I was a
scruffy fcuka and needed to rethink my on field wardrobe !
Compliments indeed!
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