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Re: Final Games
By: Acme Thunderer Date: September 11, 2020, 2:58 am
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Quite a send off for Millwall and David, as shown on YouTube.
The familiar neatly-coiffured white hair of David Axcell, a
super penalty save from the Bristol Rovers goalie, and some
riotous activities following the final whistle, including bits
of the pitch being taken away in plastic bags and goalposts /
nets to follow. I went to the Old Den a few times and I still
see the site of the ground (now housing) quite regularly when I
am returning to London Bridge from Selhurst Park. Thanks for
this post Leggy.
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Re: Final Games
By: mauricelapin Date: September 12, 2020, 8:10 am
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It was a very long time ago, and I can quote neither the date
nor the opponents, but I have a clear memory that Charles
Nicholls' last game was at Brighton c.1970. His impending
retirement was mentioned several times over the PA system before
kick-off, and Mr. Nicholls seemed not to wish to sully his final
match with too many disciplinary activities; unfortunately the
now forgotten opponents ultimately made this impossible to
maintain for 90 minutes, and several names were taken before the
final whistle.
Someone can probably fill in the gaps in my memory (or indicate
that I have lost the plot totally)?
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Re: Final Games
By: John Treleven Date: September 12, 2020, 5:12 pm
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Charlie Nicholls born in Sept 1925 retired after the 1972-73
season
If it was at Brighton it was v Nottingham Forest 28th April 1973
But I cannot find a report of the match
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Re: Final Games
By: Timbo Date: September 13, 2020, 8:44 am
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On the old site, we have :-
[
HTML https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ratetheref/bradford-city-disaster-t8266.html]
"This is not correct. If you look back on the I Spy Old Refs
thread, you will see that Don Shaw was due to referee the game
but had to pull out due to tweaking a muscle a few days
previously at OT. When I wrote to Don on another matter, he very
kindly wrote back and confirmed the above in his letter. He had
previously confirmed his absence in an article in the local
press (Crewe/Sandbach) on the 25th anniversary in 2010. He was
not sure who refereed the tragic game at Bradford but agreed
with our suggestion that it could have been Mr N Glover from
Chorley. In Upton, Don is shown as continuing on the FL for 3
more years until 1988 whilst Mr Glover is shown as coming off
the list in 1986, although it is possible that he did not
referee during the 1985/6 season. I have to say that the
anniversary of the tragedy had passed my mind as well, and I am
sorry that there was not some sort of commemoration over this
past weekend. RIP"
The story as I understand it is that Norman Glover did the
middle at Valley Parade, and then stayed on the list for one
further season. However, he was effectively traumatised by
Valley Parade, and suffered flashbacks. The 1985/86 season was
about his tenth on the middle of the FL, but he had a difficult
time. I was subsequently at a meeting were Norman described
writing his letter of resignation from the League list on the
evening of Friday 2 May 1986 and then posting it on the way to
his game on Saturday 3 May 1986, which was the last day of the
season and his final game too. What I do not know is whether
Norman anticipated being removed from the list and hence jumped
before he was pushed.
What I cannot remember is what game Norman did on Saturday 3 May
1986. If we have a list of fixtures for that day, it should be
ascertainable from local newspapers. What I can recall, some
thirty-plus years later, is that it was a nondescript lower
division game in the North of England. And there was no fanfare
either, as only Norman knew that it was to be his last game.
The photograph attached is from
HTML https://imsvintagephotos.com/norman-glover-1028913,
and shows a
relatively young Norman Glover in action.
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Re: Final Games
By: John Treleven Date: September 13, 2020, 9:21 am
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Saturday 3rd May 1986
In the "North East" there were matches at Sunderland, Darlington
and York
Sunderland needed a win to avoid relegation and that was taken
by D. Hutchinson of Harrowgate
Darlington (13th) played Plymouth (2nd) who were already up -
but no report found yet
York (7th) played Swansea (24th) who were already down - again
no report yet
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