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       Replacement Linesman Orient v Man Utd 16/08/1974
   DIR By: Specsaver66
       Date: January 17, 2023, 1:05 pm
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       There is an old Second Division game up on The Big Match on
       Youtube from the weekend of 16/17 August 1974 where Orient faced
       Manchester United. Late in the game a Linesman/Assistant was
       injured and was replaced by a man who looked like somebody in
       the crowd. He had a formal white patterned shirt and slacks on
       therefore had to lend the Man Utd Physio's dark blue top to
       prevent any clash with the Red shirts of Orient or the all white
       shirts of Man Utd. The referee was John Yates (Redditch.)
       I would put the youtube link in the post but as a newbie I don't
       want to break any rules in my first post.
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       Re: Replacement Linesman Orient v Man Utd 16/08/1974
   DIR By: John Treleven
       Date: January 18, 2023, 3:17 am
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       Orient v Manchester United Sat 17th Aug 1974
       Linesman C.A. Gregory (Woking) replaced by a spectator in flared
       trousers 86th minute
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2aeio4DV5I
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       Re: Replacement Linesman Orient v Man Utd 16/08/1974
   DIR By: Acme Thunderer
       Date: January 18, 2023, 4:33 am
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       Mr C Gregory (Colin?) of Woking, a colleague of mine on the
       Isthmian League in the 1970s. A nice chap and decent referee. I
       don't know his replacement in the flared trousers, but he seems
       to have been a pukka referee and linesman, with good straight
       arm action to indicate a throw-in and coming round on to the
       goal line for a corner, as was the custom in those days.
       Definitely not something you would see now, but four minutes of
       fame for the chap in the flared trousers, whoever he was!
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       Re: Replacement Linesman Orient v Man Utd 16/08/1974
   DIR By: John Treleven
       Date: January 18, 2023, 9:54 am
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       I think he was Cedric A. Gregory
       born Q4 1934 Surrey N.W.
       md Q4 1963 Surrey N.W. (Gillian E. Mayhew)
       both living in Woking 2002
       amateur inside-forward from Woking F.C. who signed for Brentford
       in August 1952
       F.L. line 1973-4 to 1977-8
       Found refereeing in Isthmian League 1973-4 and in Athenian
       League 1977-8
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       Re: Replacement Linesman Orient v Man Utd 16/08/1974
   DIR By: Acme Thunderer
       Date: January 20, 2023, 3:15 am
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       Yes, that's the one. Interesting that he ended up on the
       Athenian league which was not part of the contributory league
       system at the time. A mix of up-and-coming refs and I lined to
       Philip Don at Banstead, and recently-retired FL referees such as
       John Homewood at Redhill (a real pleasure) and the
       less-than-pleasurable experience with BML James back at
       Banstead.
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