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Re: Messrs. Parker, Joslin & Short
DIR By: Seagull
Date: November 15, 2022, 12:48 pm
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--- Quote from: John Treleven link ---
>
> Northern Echo, 25th April 2005
>
> Parker, the King of cards
>
> The unscripted story so far: following the little contretemps
between Messrs Bowyer and Dyer, former referee Eric Henderson
rings to recall a similar civil war outbreak at Darlington,
probably late 1980s. Eric can't remember the opposition, only
that two of their players were sent off by referee Jim Parker
after an attack of the internecines.
>
> The following day we're at Lancashire F.A. headquarters in
Leyland to chat with Derek Lewin, a scorer in each of Bishop
Auckland's hat trick of Amateur Cup wins from 1955-57. After an
agreeable couple of hours, we're heading for the door and for
the station when Derek observes that the chap over yon was a
Football League referee. "Oh aye, what's his name?" "Jim
Parker." Serendipity squared.
>
> Remember E J Parker, aka the Preston Strangler, aka many
things much ruder?
> Oh aye, that match were nothing, says Jim - for he is a good
Lancastrian - there were a much better match involving
Darlington the year after. Then there was York v Scarborough,
during which City manager John Bird became so agitated that he
had to be reminded of the error of his ways by the North
Yorkshire constabulary. That were another of my riots, says Jim.
Did you have many, then? asks a sympathetic colleague. Oh aye,
lots.
>
> Jim Parker had more cards than Clintons, more headlines than a
phrenologists' convention. In a much traduced calling, he was
the hacky blackest of the black sheep. The Observer updated his
card count every Sunday, a cautionary tale if ever, others wrote
of black books and of red mist. Oh I could be a bad bugger, he
says. Either they played it my way or they didn't play it at
all. Perhaps inevitably, therefore, he is thoroughly and
immediately likeable, a man of immense charm and of great good
humour. Still refereeing junior games, he'd sent off a schoolboy
the previous Saturday for head butting. A schoolboy, he repeats.
I ask you.
>
> In his ten years in the Football League middle, 1985-95, he
was formally described as a Preston garage owner. Now 59, he
works full time for Lancashire F.A. Discipline officer, he says,
what else? The match which Eric Henderson remembers was a
Leyland Daf Cup tie in December 1990, Andy Toman's hat-trick
ultimately giving Quakers a 3-1 win. I were down the bottom end
and saw something going off, when I got there the language were
terrible, Jim recalls. I sent one off straightaway, to try to
separate them, and then finally sent off the other one. I
remember to this day him saying that he'd sort it out in the
dressing room and tearing off after his mate. I believe there
was a helluva battle. Both received two match bans, the referee
accepting that no blows had actually been exchanged on the
pitch.
>
> Eleven months later, Chesterfield were at Feethams in an F.A.
Cup first round tie, nine players booked, three more, all from
Chesterfield, sent prematurely packing. They included Teesside
lad Lee Turnbull. Headlined "Parker's three card trick", the
Echo report noted that it brought his seasonal yellow card total
to 86, his red cards to nine in four games and that both
sections of the crowd had rehearsed the song familiarly reserved
for out of favour referees. Though it didn't provide the words,
which seemed a bit of a pity, the report added that the match
had had just one "borderline" tackle. "Mr. Parker maintained his
reputation as the Football League's king of the cards."
>
> Jim Parker - short shorts, shorter shrift - has much more by
which to remember it. From out of a Lancashire F.A. filing
cabinet come merrily tumbling Chesterfield's fuming fanzine, the
Daily Telegraph's off-with-his-head headline, a T-shirt produced
by Mission Impossible, Darlington's own lamented fanzine. "I
wasn't booked by Jim Parker," it says in six inch capitals. They
can't have sold many of those, then. The Crooked Spireite,
Chesterfield's fanzine, devoted nine paroxysmal pages to the man
they simply called EJ, including a rather neat cartoon - he
liked it, too - called "Dr Frankenstein builds his creature."
EJ, they said, was free to roam the countryside ruining people's
livelihoods by sending them off for sod all. Every footballer
and supporter in Preston has a duty to brick up his front door,
let his tyres down and sow minefields across his front lawn
every Saturday morning. We have to stop him somehow.
>
> The F.A. rejected all three appeals - looking for fairness
from them is like looking for a condom machine in the Vatican
toilets said the Crooked Spireite - though EJ himself once ended
up before an F.A. tribunal, charged with bringing the game into
disrepute. The allegation was that he'd called Justin Robson,
Bryan's kid brother, a f...ing fanny, Jim Parker's defence that
he'd simply called him a fanny. He was represented by Peter
Willis, the former County Durham police who in 21 years as
national president of the Referees' Association handled dozens
of similar cases and, like some Victorian panacea, was never
known to fail. The fanny business maintained his 100 per cent
record. Formidable feller, Peter, says Jim Parker.
>
> After a hands on experience with the Preston Strangler, he
offers us a lift back to the station, not just to Leyland, but
to Preston, and a chance to further reminiscence. Happy days? Oh
aye, says the Strangler, the happiest days of my life.
>
--- End Quote ---
Brilliant, John. I really enjoyed reading that, with a few
giggles along the way. [emoji1]
#Post#: 55022--------------------------------------------------
Re: Messrs. Parker, Joslin & Short
DIR By: Leggy
Date: November 15, 2022, 1:03 pm
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--- Quote from: Seagull link ---
>
> [quote author=John Treleven link=topic=4163.msg55020#msg55020
date=1668535073]
> Northern Echo, 25th April 2005
>
> Parker, the King of cards
>
> The unscripted story so far: following the little contretemps
between Messrs Bowyer and Dyer, former referee Eric Henderson
rings to recall a similar civil war outbreak at Darlington,
probably late 1980s. Eric can't remember the opposition, only
that two of their players were sent off by referee Jim Parker
after an attack of the internecines.
>
> The following day we're at Lancashire F.A. headquarters in
Leyland to chat with Derek Lewin, a scorer in each of Bishop
Auckland's hat trick of Amateur Cup wins from 1955-57. After an
agreeable couple of hours, we're heading for the door and for
the station when Derek observes that the chap over yon was a
Football League referee. "Oh aye, what's his name?" "Jim
Parker." Serendipity squared.
>
> Remember E J Parker, aka the Preston Strangler, aka many
things much ruder?
> Oh aye, that match were nothing, says Jim - for he is a good
Lancastrian - there were a much better match involving
Darlington the year after. Then there was York v Scarborough,
during which City manager John Bird became so agitated that he
had to be reminded of the error of his ways by the North
Yorkshire constabulary. That were another of my riots, says Jim.
Did you have many, then? asks a sympathetic colleague. Oh aye,
lots.
>
> Jim Parker had more cards than Clintons, more headlines than a
phrenologists' convention. In a much traduced calling, he was
the hacky blackest of the black sheep. The Observer updated his
card count every Sunday, a cautionary tale if ever, others wrote
of black books and of red mist. Oh I could be a bad bugger, he
says. Either they played it my way or they didn't play it at
all. Perhaps inevitably, therefore, he is thoroughly and
immediately likeable, a man of immense charm and of great good
humour. Still refereeing junior games, he'd sent off a schoolboy
the previous Saturday for head butting. A schoolboy, he repeats.
I ask you.
>
> In his ten years in the Football League middle, 1985-95, he
was formally described as a Preston garage owner. Now 59, he
works full time for Lancashire F.A. Discipline officer, he says,
what else? The match which Eric Henderson remembers was a
Leyland Daf Cup tie in December 1990, Andy Toman's hat-trick
ultimately giving Quakers a 3-1 win. I were down the bottom end
and saw something going off, when I got there the language were
terrible, Jim recalls. I sent one off straightaway, to try to
separate them, and then finally sent off the other one. I
remember to this day him saying that he'd sort it out in the
dressing room and tearing off after his mate. I believe there
was a helluva battle. Both received two match bans, the referee
accepting that no blows had actually been exchanged on the
pitch.
>
> Eleven months later, Chesterfield were at Feethams in an F.A.
Cup first round tie, nine players booked, three more, all from
Chesterfield, sent prematurely packing. They included Teesside
lad Lee Turnbull. Headlined "Parker's three card trick", the
Echo report noted that it brought his seasonal yellow card total
to 86, his red cards to nine in four games and that both
sections of the crowd had rehearsed the song familiarly reserved
for out of favour referees. Though it didn't provide the words,
which seemed a bit of a pity, the report added that the match
had had just one "borderline" tackle. "Mr. Parker maintained his
reputation as the Football League's king of the cards."
>
> Jim Parker - short shorts, shorter shrift - has much more by
which to remember it. From out of a Lancashire F.A. filing
cabinet come merrily tumbling Chesterfield's fuming fanzine, the
Daily Telegraph's off-with-his-head headline, a T-shirt produced
by Mission Impossible, Darlington's own lamented fanzine. "I
wasn't booked by Jim Parker," it says in six inch capitals. They
can't have sold many of those, then. The Crooked Spireite,
Chesterfield's fanzine, devoted nine paroxysmal pages to the man
they simply called EJ, including a rather neat cartoon - he
liked it, too - called "Dr Frankenstein builds his creature."
EJ, they said, was free to roam the countryside ruining people's
livelihoods by sending them off for sod all. Every footballer
and supporter in Preston has a duty to brick up his front door,
let his tyres down and sow minefields across his front lawn
every Saturday morning. We have to stop him somehow.
>
> The F.A. rejected all three appeals - looking for fairness
from them is like looking for a condom machine in the Vatican
toilets said the Crooked Spireite - though EJ himself once ended
up before an F.A. tribunal, charged with bringing the game into
disrepute. The allegation was that he'd called Justin Robson,
Bryan's kid brother, a f...ing fanny, Jim Parker's defence that
he'd simply called him a fanny. He was represented by Peter
Willis, the former County Durham police who in 21 years as
national president of the Referees' Association handled dozens
of similar cases and, like some Victorian panacea, was never
known to fail. The fanny business maintained his 100 per cent
record. Formidable feller, Peter, says Jim Parker.
>
> After a hands on experience with the Preston Strangler, he
offers us a lift back to the station, not just to Leyland, but
to Preston, and a chance to further reminiscence. Happy days? Oh
aye, says the Strangler, the happiest days of my life.
>
--- End Quote ---
Brilliant, John. I really enjoyed reading that, with a few
giggles along the way. [emoji1]
[/quote]
Hysterical! And just as I remember him. He had his "line" and
anyone who crossed it did so at their peril. I will soon be
sending Jim my annual communication (i.e. a Christmas Card) as I
have not seen him in person for more years than should be
decent. I will update Jim on his re-found fame!
#Post#: 55024--------------------------------------------------
Re: Messrs. Parker, Joslin & Short
DIR By: John Treleven
Date: November 15, 2022, 2:19 pm
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Lancashire Sunday Football League
Friday December 14, 2018
And it's Goodbye to Jim
Local football legend Jim Parker has decided to call it a day as
he retires after 23 years' service to the Lancashire Football
Association. He started work at the County H.Q. in 1995 looking
after Discipline issues before moving to the Referees Department
and finally fulfilling the role of Facilities Manager.
Jim served on the management committee of this League as
Referees Manager from 1975 to 1981, having started refereeing in
1972. His refereeing career saw him progress through the local
leagues, West Lancashire League and the old Lancashire
Combination. He was appointed Assistant Referee on the Football
League in 1980 and promoted to Football League Referee in 1985.
His last game was the 1995 League Cup Final at Wembley Stadium
between Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool where he was the reserve
referee.
A popular figure in both football and refereeing circles in the
North West, Jim has been inundated with good wishes since
announcing his retirement and we send him best wishes from this
League.
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