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Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: ForRefsake
Date: February 24, 2025, 5:36 am
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Long time lurker, first time poster. For those of you, like
myself, of a certain vintage you will remember the unique
notebook used by Steve Lodge (FIFA and PL ref in the 90s for our
younger members) and a handful of other refs but was never
widespread. The notebook had the cards as pages in the notebook
and depending which way it was opened/closed it would display
each card.
I have never been able to find a supplier of the original style
book, I know that A&H did produce a much inferior version made
of card at one point.
I have recently discovered one such book on eBay, however the
price I feel is unrealistic.
I am interested in making an offer but don’t want to low ball
offer in case it ruins any chance of success.
I was hoping there would be some members of this board who were
aware of any of these such books being available or what their
value would actually be. Is the high price due to this being a
memorabilia item rather than just a standard ref book? Any
advise would be greatly received.
The link is : (if this isn’t permitted mods please feel free to
delete the link)
HTML https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176837018151
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Re: Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: bmb
Date: February 24, 2025, 7:43 am
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£105 [emoji47] [emoji47] [emoji47]
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Re: Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: ryan80
Date: February 24, 2025, 12:09 pm
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--- Quote from: ForRefsake link ---
>
> Long time lurker, first time poster. For those of you, like
myself, of a certain vintage you will remember the unique
notebook used by Steve Lodge (FIFA and PL ref in the 90s for our
younger members) and a handful of other refs but was never
widespread. The notebook had the cards as pages in the notebook
and depending which way it was opened/closed it would display
each card.
>
> I have never been able to find a supplier of the original
style book, I know that A&H did produce a much inferior version
made of card at one point.
>
> I have recently discovered one such book on eBay, however the
price I feel is unrealistic.
> I am interested in making an offer but don’t want to low ball
offer in case it ruins any chance of success.
>
> I was hoping there would be some members of this board who
were aware of any of these such books being available or what
their value would actually be. Is the high price due to this
being a memorabilia item rather than just a standard ref book?
Any advise would be greatly received.
>
> The link is : (if this isn’t permitted mods please feel free
to delete the link)
HTML https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176837018151
>
--- End Quote ---
I remember Stephen Lodge using this system - although I always
thought it looked messy and if you looked from the side you were
not 100% which card he was showing.
Back then you had the circular red cards which were also
popular.
Agree with bmb though £105 is not worth it.
#Post#: 88930--------------------------------------------------
Re: Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: Leggy
Date: February 24, 2025, 12:45 pm
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--- Quote from: ForRefsake link ---
>
> Long time lurker, first time poster. For those of you, like
myself, of a certain vintage you will remember the unique
notebook used by Steve Lodge (FIFA and PL ref in the 90s for our
younger members) and a handful of other refs but was never
widespread. The notebook had the cards as pages in the notebook
and depending which way it was opened/closed it would display
each card.
>
> I have never been able to find a supplier of the original
style book, I know that A&H did produce a much inferior version
made of card at one point.
>
> I have recently discovered one such book on eBay, however the
price I feel is unrealistic.
> I am interested in making an offer but don’t want to low ball
offer in case it ruins any chance of success.
>
> I was hoping there would be some members of this board who
were aware of any of these such books being available or what
their value would actually be. Is the high price due to this
being a memorabilia item rather than just a standard ref book?
Any advise would be greatly received.
>
> The link is : (if this isn’t permitted mods please feel free
to delete the link)
HTML https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176837018151
>
--- End Quote ---
Is this what you are looking for?
HTML https://referee-equipment.com/products/referee-notebook
Expensive at £7.99, but a bargain compared with £105!!
It may not have the quality of the ebay offer, but - having used
it for years - it works pretty well.
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Re: Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: Pm2
Date: February 24, 2025, 1:46 pm
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GAA refs have these in Ireland.
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Re: Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: February 24, 2025, 1:53 pm
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--- Quote from: ryan80 link ---
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> [quote author=ForRefsake link=topic=6742.msg88889#msg88889
date=1740396966]
> Long time lurker, first time poster. For those of you, like
myself, of a certain vintage you will remember the unique
notebook used by Steve Lodge (FIFA and PL ref in the 90s for our
younger members) and a handful of other refs but was never
widespread. The notebook had the cards as pages in the notebook
and depending which way it was opened/closed it would display
each card.
>
> I have never been able to find a supplier of the original
style book, I know that A&H did produce a much inferior version
made of card at one point.
>
> I have recently discovered one such book on eBay, however the
price I feel is unrealistic.
> I am interested in making an offer but don’t want to low ball
offer in case it ruins any chance of success.
>
> I was hoping there would be some members of this board who
were aware of any of these such books being available or what
their value would actually be. Is the high price due to this
being a memorabilia item rather than just a standard ref book?
Any advise would be greatly received.
>
> The link is : (if this isn’t permitted mods please feel free
to delete the link)
HTML https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176837018151
>
--- End Quote ---
I remember Stephen Lodge using this system - although I always
thought it looked messy and if you looked from the side you were
not 100% which card he was showing.
Back then you had the circular red cards which were also
popular.
Agree with bmb though £105 is not worth it.
[/quote]
I believe circle ⭕️ cards are still available!
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Re: Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: DublinRef
Date: February 24, 2025, 3:56 pm
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--- Quote from: Pm2 link ---
>
> GAA refs have these in Ireland.
>
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I never liked using those, especially as we have a black card
for certain offences, which is issued using just the notebook,
it would cause confusion when looking from the side.
Though, it was useful to just be able to hold the card and
notebook in one I suppose, for some reason I never like pulling
the card from a wallet. Guess a personal preference thing
totally.
Except for circle red cards. Circle red cards are to me what
yellow shirts are to bmb :)
ForRefSake - Welcome and thanks for a very interesting first
post. To me the item looks like a beautiful piece and I can
certainly see the attraction to owning it - however, I can't
offer any helpful advice on price. Best of luck with it.
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Re: Referee notebook with attached cards (Steve lodge style)
DIR By: ForRefsake
Date: February 25, 2025, 3:33 pm
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Thanks to everyone so far with their replies. I have reached
out to the seller to see if they are prepared to negotiate on
price.
If not I might have to source the Irish version.
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