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Final Game database
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: June 20, 2025, 7:35 am
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Here is my database of 'final games' for referees, updated to
the end of the season just completed, 2024/5. It comprises
'middles' only in EFL, PL and FA Cup competitions and excludes
those who sadly died 'in service'.
Referees Final Games 1946 to 2025
1946-79 (as per Uptons, RTR contributors and memories)
R Armstrong Peterborough v Gillingham, May 1974
K Aston Man Utd v Leicester (at Wembley), May 1963
C Barrick, Man Utd v Blackpool (at Wembley), Apr 1948
F Bassett Walsall v Halifax, May 1973
J Bent Wolves v Aston Villa, May 1978 (lined the FA Cup Final
later the same week)
A Bond - Plymouth v Bradford City, Apr 1959
N Burtenshaw Derby v Everton, Apr 1973
L Callaghan Aston Villa v Reading, May 1971
R Capey Preston v Portsmouth, May 1977
J Carr WBA v Liverpool (6th round 2nd replay at Maine Road,
Manchester), Apr 1968
J Clarke Man Utd v Sunderland, May 1968
J Clough Nottingham Forest v Luton (at Wembley), May 1959
J Cooke Brighton v Crewe, Jan 1965
F Coultas Newcastle v Blackburn, Apr 1959
A Cox Portsmouth v Port Vale, Dec 1979
R Crabb Plymouth v Bradford City, May 1978
H Davey Chester v Crystal Palace, May 1976
A Dimond Leeds, 1970
A Ellis Stoke v Liverpool, May 1961
E Garner York v Reading, May 1977
F H Gerrard Man City v Burnley, May 1960
W J Gow Crystal Palace v Blackburn, April 1978
B M Griffiths Portsmouth v PNE, Apr 1959
H Hackney Wrexham v Mansfield, May 1977
L Hayes Peterborough v Walsall, May 1977
G Hill Brentford v Doncaster, Apr 1975
A Holland West Ham v Preston (at Wembley), May 1964
H Horner Nottingham Forest v Burnley, Apr 1964
K Howley Tottenham v Arsenal, May 1971
G Iliffe, Chelsea v Bolton, May 1951
V James Walsall v Port Vale, April 1974
E Jennings Chelsea v Leeds (at Old Trafford), Apr 1970
R Johnson Leeds v Leicester, Nov 1971
W Johnson Liverpool v Man City, May 1978
A W Jones Chesterfield v Brighton, May 1977
G Jones Darlington v Hartlepool, Apr 1972
I Jones Exeter v Cambridge, Apr 1975
R Kirkpatrick Bolton v Spurs, May 1979
A Lees Aston Villa v Chelsea, Apr 1978
K Markham Watford v Plymouth, Apr 1969
R Matthewson Man Utd v Liverpool (at Wembley), May 1977
G McCabe Man City v Leicester (at Wembley), Apr 1969
C Nicholls - Brighton v Portsmouth, Apr 1973
D Nippard Ipswich v Arsenal (at Wembley), May 1978
J Parker Chester v Tranmere, March 1950
F Phipps Hereford v Walsall, January 1980
G Pullin Tottenham v Blackpool, Jan 1963
P Rhodes Southport v Port Vale, Dec 1966
B Setchell Birmingham v Blackburn, Apr 1965
D W Smith Man Utd v Man City, Apr 1974
I Smith Peterborough v Shrewsbury, April 1976
K Styles, Blackpool v Brentford, May 1979
J Taylor Arsenal v Middlesbrough, May 1977
J Thacker Tottenham v Wolves, April 1973
R Tinkler Oldham v WBA, Apr 1976
G Trevett Huddersfield v Bradford City, Apr 1976
D Turner Rochdale v Northampton, May 1979
P Walters Ipswich v Derby, Apr 1976
A Weller Aston Villa, May 1967
J Yates Derby v Man City, Apr 1977
1980 to present (Uptons, Soccerbase, World Football,
Transfermarkt, RTR contributors and other websites plus
memories)
J Adcock Scunthorpe v Walsall, April 2021
P Alcock Norwich v Stockport, Apr 2002
M Atkinson Crystal Palace v Man Utd, May 2022
G Aplin Aston Villa v Chelsea, May 1991
P Armstrong Darlington v Rochdale, May 2008
G Ashby Arsenal v Everton, May 1998
N Ashley Halifax v Rochdale, Aug 1987
J Ashworth Crystal Palace v Man Utd, May 1991
D Axcell Millwall v Bristol Rovers, May 1993
M Bailey Stoke v Man City, May 1998
S Baines Bradford City v Portsmouth, May 2003
J Ball Wrexham v Stockport, May 1986
G Barber Bolton v Fulham, May 2004
K Barratt Oldham v West Ham, Apr 1994
N Barry Bolton v Everton, May 2005
A Bates Chesterfield v Exeter, Apr 2013
R Beeby Wolves v Doncaster, May 2009
S Bennett Aston Villa v Blackburn, May 2010
C Berry Oxford v Cambridge, Apr 2015
M Bodenham Sheffield Wednesday v Aston Villa, May 1998
R Booth Stevenage v Accrington, May 2011
I Borrett Chelsea v Coventry, May 1994
C Boyeson - Harrogate v Rochdale, May 2023
M Brandwood Preston v Nottingham Forest, April 2002
M Brown Hartlepool v Doncaster, May 2017
S Bratt Port Vale v Sheffield Utd, Apr 2014
A Buksh Nottingham Forest v Man City, Feb 1993
M Bull Sheffield United v Scunthorpe, May 2016
T Bune, Wigan v Brentford, June 1985
L Burden Chelsea v Norwich, May 1985
K Burge Man Utd v Aston Villa, May 1999
W Burns Blackpool v Hartlepool, May 2001
A Butler Coventry v Crystal Palace, May 2004
L Cable Chesterfield v MK Dons, Sept 2004
G Cain Stoke v Gillingham, May 2004
R Chadwick Derby v Fulham, May 1983
A Challinor Liverpool v Coventry, May 1984
R Challis Portsmouth v Huddersfield, May 1981
R Clark Mansfield v Crewe, Apr 2018
M Clattenburg WBA v Leicester, Apr 2017
B Coddington Darlington v Exeter, May 1999
A Coggins, Plymouth v Burton, October 2021
L Collins Swindon v Crewe, Apr 2019
K (Keith) Cooper Blackburn v Arsenal, Apr 1996
M Cooper Cardiff v Wimbledon, May 2004
D Coote, Liverpool v Aston Villa, November 2024
M Cotton Swansea v Lincoln, May 1987
G Courtney Blackburn v Leicester (at Wembley), May 1992
M Cowburn Shrewsbury v Lincoln, Sept 2006
D Crick Watford v Reading, May 2004
A Crickmore Bristol Rovers v Millwall, May 1984
P Crossley Leeds v Burnley, Apr 2011
B Curson Plymouth v Ipswich, Apr 2006
P Danson Wigan v QPR, Apr 2005
A Davies Stevenage v Rotherham, Apr 2025
D Deadman Luton v Blackpool, May 2017
M Dean Chelsea v Watford, May 2022
R Desmond Mansfield v Bristol Rovers, Dec 2005
L Dilkes Coventry v Derby, May 1997
P Don Blackburn v Newcastle, May 1995
S Dorr Rushden v Notts County, Feb 2006
P Dowd WBA v Southampton, Feb 2015
S Duncan Nottingham Forest v Barnsley, July 2020
S Dunn Ipswich v West Ham, May 2005
P Durkin - Arsenal v Leicester, May 2004
A DUrso Preston v Chesterfield, May 2015
R East Crystal Palace v AFC Bournemouth, May 2019
M Edwards Wigan v Bristol Rovers, Apr 2024
D Elleray Newcastle v Birmingham, May 2003
G Eltringham Cardiff v Coventry, Jan 2025
E Evans Wrexham v Brentford, May 2005
K Evans Aldershot v Rotherham, Apr 2011
T Farley Leeds v WBA, May 1981
C Finch Peterborough v Leyton Orient, Sept 1997
M Fletcher Southampton v Leicester, Apr 2006
P Foakes Bolton v Reading (at Wembley), May 1995
D Foster Bristol Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday, Apr 2011
C Foy Man City v Southampton, May 2015
D Frampton Norwich v Oldham, May 1994
G Frankland Macclesfield v Barnsley, Sept 2002
K Friend Brighton v West Ham, May 2022
R Furnandiz Rochdale v Rushden, Apr 2002
D Gallagher Liverpool v Charlton, May 2007
P Gibbs - Yeovil v Leyton Orient, May 2016
R Gifford Plymouth v Hartlepool, May 1996
N Glover Halifax v Mansfield, May 1986
F Graham Notts County v Carlisle, May 2016
A Grey Man Utd v Brighton (at Wembley), May 1983
A Gunn Tottenham v QPR, May 1994
R Guy Man Utd v Astoon Villa, May 1987
K Hackett Man Utd v Liverpool, March 1994
A Haines Lincoln v Shrewsbury, May 2023
A Hall Shrewsbury v Torquay, Oct 2010
M Halsey Man City v Norwich, May 2013
R Hamer Portsmouth v Grimsby, May 1993
D Handley Grimsby v Crewe, Apr 2023
R Harris Peterborough v Bury, Apr 2002
M Haywood Shrewsbury v Millwall, Apr 2017
D Hedges Leicester v Sheffield United, May 1990
G Hegley Ipswich v Watford, March 2011
T Heilbron Ipswich v Barnsley (at Wembley), May 2000
I Hemley Brighton v York, May 1996
I Hendricks Watford v Oxford, May 1993
M Heywood Bury v Carlisle, Sept 2018
B Hill Everton v Chelsea, May 1995
K Hill Leeds v Charlton, Apr 2016
T Holbrook Everton v Southampton, May 1995
G Horwood Peterborough v Fleetwood, Apr 2018
J Hough Everton v QPR, May 1985
J Hunting Everton v Watford (at Wembley), May 1984
B Huxtable Colchester v Port Vale, March 2022
E Ilderton Forest Green v Tranmere, May 2019
J Ireland Burnley v Cardiff, May 1988
M James Bristol City v Brentford, May 1993
K Johnson Charlton v Lincoln, May 2021
M Jones WBA v Tottenham, May 2018
P Jones Tottenham v Liverpool, Apr 2002
T Jones Chesterfield v Port Vale, Oct 2001
W Jordan, Swindon v Wycombe, Apr 2002
P Joslin Southampton v Sheffield United, May 2008
A Kaye Crewe v Coventry, May 2005
T Kettle Oxford v Doncaster, April 2022
N Kinseley Portsmouth v Rochdale, Feb 2020
J Kirkby Bolton v Norwich, May 2000
B Knight Barnsley v Plymouth, Aug 2007
D Laws Crewe v Stockport, Oct 2001
G Laws Shrewsbury v Bury, May 2009
K Leach Tranmere v Crystal Palace, May 2000
A Leake Sheffield Utd v Crystal Palace, Apr 2006
R Lee Brighton v Hartlepool, Apr 2008
D Letts Brighton v Wolves, May 1985
G Lewis Shrewsbury v Lincoln, Apr 2006
R Lewis Mansfield v Leyton Orient, Apr 2023
S Lodge Ipswich v Man City, May 2001
E Lomas Bournemouth v Millwall, Dec 2000
K Lynch Ipswich v Walsall, May 2000
R Madden Sheffield Wednesday v Lincoln, Apr 2023
B Malone Gillingham v Plymouth, May 2018
A Marriner Arsenal v Wolves, May 2023
P Marsden Leyton Orient v Cambridge, March 2020
J Martin Birmingham v Bradford City, May 1993
S Mathieson Carlisle v Hartlepool, May 2015
D McDermid Chesterfield v Brentford, May 2012
K McNally Man Utd v Man City, Sept 1980
P Melin Grimsby v Peterborough, Apr 2008
M Messias WBA v Reading, Jan 2006
N Midgley West Ham v Nottingham Forest, May 1992
R Milford - Leicester v Derby (at Wembley), May 1994
N Miller Blackpool v Luton, May 2017
P Miller Oxford v Hartlepool, March 2015
T Mills Tottenham v Southampton, May 1990
D Mohareb Rochdale v Dagenham, Sept 2012
K Morton West Ham v Blackburn, Apr 1995
J Moss Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield (at Wembley), May 2022
M Naylor Fleetwood v Burton (at Wembley), May 2014
R Nixon Newcastle v Leicester, May 1993
C Oliver Gillingham v Shrewsbury (at Wembley), May 2009
R Olivier Macclesfield v Bristol Rovers, Apr 2007
D Owen Bradford City v Lincoln, May 1984
G Owen Wolves v West Ham, May 1982
T Parkes Lincoln v Leyton Orient, Apr 2006
P Partridge Nottingham Forest v Coventry, May 1981
R Pearson Wigan v West Ham, May 2004
M Peck Huddersfield v Blackpool, Apr 1994
A Penn Exeter v Notts County, Nov 2010
C Penton Plymouth v Barnsley, May 2009
D Philips Brentford v Stevenage, May 2014
M Pierce Sunderland v Birmingham, May 1999
M Pike Wolves v Plymouth, May 2008
G Poll Derby v WBA (at Wembley), May 2007
A Porter Notts County v Cambrudge, May 1981
L Probert Southampton v Huddersfield, May 2019
P Prosser Tranmere v Port Vale, Apr 2005
D Pugh Sunderland v Crystal Palace, May 2004
S Purkiss Charlton v Burton, May 2025
P Quinn Accrington v Carlisle, Sept 2011
E Read - Brighton v Sheffield United, May 1985
K Redfern Man City v Everton, May 1993
M Reed Arsenal v Chelsea, May 2000
P Reeves Cardiff v West Ham, May 1981
P Rejer Derby v Ipswich, May 2003
U Rennie Tottenham v Liverpool, May 2008
P Richards Birmingham v Sheffield United, Apr 2002
D T Richardson Stoke v Wolves, May 1981
P Richardson Stoke v WBA, May 1982
M Riley Fulham v Everton, May 2009
F Roberts Coventry v Liverpool, May 1990
A (Alan) Robinson Liverpool v Everton (at Wembley), May 1986
J P Robinson Stoke v Norwich, Oct 2006
J Ross Cambridge v Rochdale, Apr 2005
J Rushton Huddersfield v Portsmouth, May 1996
S Rushton Bury v Portsmouth, Apr 2014
M Russell Blackpool v Huddersfield, May 2015
M Ryan Hartlepool v Lincoln, Nov 2004
G Salisbury Wigan v Swindon, May 2021
C Sarginson Mansfield v Stevenage, April 2022
G Scott Cheltenham v Gillingham, Apr 2025
M Scott Preston v Colchester, May 1987
C Seel Sheffield Wednesday v QPR, May 1987
D Shadwell Rochdale v York, Apr 1993
D Sheldrake Walsall v Oldham, Apr 2015
R Shoebridge Accrington v Barnet, Apr 2011
G Singh Lincoln v Wycombe, May 1999
J Singh Yeovil v Oldham, May 2010
F Stretton Torquay v Kidderminster May 2004
K Stroud Oxford v Preston, August 2024
R Styles Chelsea v Blackburn, May 2009
G Sutton Notts County v Crawley, Sept 2015
N Swarbrick Tottenham v Newcastle, May 2018
S Tanner Cardiff v Portsmouth, Jan 2012
M Taylor West Ham v Everton, May 1984
P Taylor Wycombe v Gillingham, May 2010
C Thomas Stoke v Wolves, May 1984
M Thorpe Coventry v Burnley, Oct 2008
S Tomlin Wycombe v Rushden, Oct 2004
R Toseland Wimbledon v Bury, May 1981
P Tyldesley Man Utd v Man City, May 1991
P Walton Everton v WBA, March 2012
M Warren Rochdale v Oxford, Apr 2005
J Waugh Shrewsbury v Dagenham, Apr 2012
H Webb Hull City v Everton, May 2014
C Webster Sheffield Wednesday v Wycombe, May 2012
R Welch Bristol City v Huddersfield, April 2024
T West Preston v Walsall, May 1997
C White Tottenham v QPR (at Wembley), May 1982
A Wiley Leicester v Cardiff, May 2010
C Wilkes Grimsby v Brighton, May 2003
A Wilkie - Man Utd v Tottenham, May 2000
G Willard West Ham v Middlesbrough, May 1999
I Williamson AFC Wimbledon v Plymouth (at Wembley), May 2016
P Willis Everton v Southampton, May 1986
J Winter Man Utd v Millwall (at Cardiff), May 2004
E Wolstenholme Millwall v Coventry, May 2003
A Woolmer QPR v Bristol City, May 2023
J Worrall Chelsea v Arsenal, May 1995
K Wright Rochdale v Gillingham, Apr 2016
P Wright Wycombe v Cheltenham, February 2024
#Post#: 93063--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Game database
DIR By: JohnCoyle
Date: June 20, 2025, 9:42 am
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Paul Marsden refereed four League Two games and some Vertu
Trophy ones last season.
Has Peter Wright definitely come off the list?
#Post#: 93071--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Game database
DIR By: ECity77
Date: June 20, 2025, 11:57 am
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Peter Wright is still active.
He refereed Fleetwood v Newport on the 26th of April. He has
also done two National League games as referee.
He has been out injured.
#Post#: 93072--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Game database
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: June 20, 2025, 1:45 pm
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Thank you for pointing these two out. With all the comings and
goings, it is easy to overlook somebody who has not been around
for a while but then returns to active refereeing. I will take
Marsden and Wright off the database. Incidentally, I was at the
Crewe v Grimsby game in April 2025 which Paul Marsden refereed,
and I was not impressed.
#Post#: 93073--------------------------------------------------
Re: Final Game database
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: June 20, 2025, 2:04 pm
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I was at Rileys last game at Fulham for the record 😜.
Time flies past
. Deadmans last game was 8 years ago
seems
only like yesterday.
Also, Jim Parker is missing off your brilliantly collaborative
list.
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Re: Final Game database
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: June 20, 2025, 2:12 pm
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--- Quote from: Acme Thunderer link ---
>
> Thank you for pointing these two out. With all the comings and
goings, it is easy to overlook somebody who has not been around
for a while but then returns to active refereeing. I will take
Marsden and Wright off the database. Incidentally, I was at the
Crewe v Grimsby game in April 2025 which Paul Marsden refereed,
and I was not impressed.
>
--- End Quote ---
When does he ever have a good game?
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Re: Final Game database
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: June 21, 2025, 3:54 am
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To the best of my knowledge, I have seen only one 'final game'
and that was Roger East, Palace v AFC Bournemouth in May 2019,
and what a splendid game it was, 5-3 to the Palace at the end. I
tried to get a ticket for Alan Kaye's final game in 2005, Crewe
v Coventry, which Crewe had to win to stay in the Championship,
but it was sold out. The couple of roars I could hear from my
back garden indicated that all was well at Gresty Road and,
indeed, the Alex came from behind to win 3-1.
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Re: Final Game database
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: June 21, 2025, 3:57 am
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--- Quote from: TheThingFromLewes link ---
>
> [quote author=Acme Thunderer link=topic=7077.msg93072#msg93072
date=1750445126]
> Thank you for pointing these two out. With all the comings and
goings, it is easy to overlook somebody who has not been around
for a while but then returns to active refereeing. I will take
Marsden and Wright off the database. Incidentally, I was at the
Crewe v Grimsby game in April 2025 which Paul Marsden refereed,
and I was not impressed.
>
--- End Quote ---
When does he ever have a good game?
[/quote]
I hope I've not put the knockers on Paul, Crewe v Grimsby being
his last game of the season on the EFL.
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Re: Final Game database
DIR By: JohnCoyle
Date: June 21, 2025, 6:20 am
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I saw the final games for Richard Beeby and Trevor Kettle. I
have also seen Son of Kettle twice last season. He was decent in
both games and lacked the dramatic flourishes of his dad, no
bad thing IMHO.
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Re: Final Game database
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: June 21, 2025, 1:20 pm
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--- Quote from: JohnCoyle link ---
>
> I saw the final games for Richard Beeby and Trevor Kettle. I
have also seen Son of Kettle twice last season. He was decent in
both games and lacked the dramatic flourishes of his dad, no
bad thing IMHO.
>
--- End Quote ---
Im 99.9% sure that Kettle junior will not ruin 99.9% of his
matches compared to how many his enigmatic father did.
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