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Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: TVOS
Date: October 11, 2018, 12:11 pm
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--- Quote from: Acme Thunderer link ---
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> [quote author=Left Field link=topic=9.msg1222#msg1222
date=1537809533]
> I started these two different (to my mind) threads back on the
old board some time ago. "Who was the referee?" was intended to
be where someone didn't know or wasn't sure who refereed a game
and could ask for answers or suggestions. "Name the referee
quiz" was, as the name suggests, where a member knew the
identity of a pictured or profiled referee and was setting a
poser. However maybe that distinction is not always obvious and
I sometimes have to give some thought to which thread to use. I
wouldn't have a problem with the threads being merged, perhaps
with a title such as "Who was the referee?" and then they could
either ask for information or set a quiz question as they wish.
>
> This entry is of the asking for answers / suggestions although
I have an idea (no stronger than that) who the pictured referee
might be. The picture below is from before a West Brom game in
1987. I don't know the opposition and the lack of attendance
suggests it might be a friendly. The referee seems to be the
tall, partly obscured figure at the back right - he looks a
little like Ron Bridges but there may be other possibilities.
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> [attachimg=1]
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If this is a friendly and the ref is the tall guy, then Terry
Holbrook might be a possibility rather than Vic Callow who was
less vertically inclined. But I'm not convinced that the hair
style is Terry's. I note however that WBA were in dire trouble
in Div 2 in 1986/7, with attendances reflecting this, and WBA v
Barnsley on 2nd May 1987 had an attendance of 6300, just 200
more than at the Alex on Saturday. Could it be a League match
with a sparse crowd and Barnsley in red? No idea on the ref but
it would rule out Terry from Walsall and rule in Ron Bridges as
a possibility.
Edit - this programme was produced uniquely for the WBA v
Sunderland League game on 4/4/87 and is therefore definitely not
Barnsley in red which was played a month later. In consequence,
I think this has to be a League match, played in front of a
sparse crowd, rather than a friendly but I do not know who the
opponents could be.
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The picture is WBA v Brighton. The player in red is Danny Wilson
and it looks like the time Albion were sponsored by NOBO.
I’m sure I can make out Ron Bridges in the background. The
WBA player is Paul Dyson.
#Post#: 1644--------------------------------------------------
Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: Left Field
Date: October 11, 2018, 12:50 pm
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Thank you for pinpointing the game TVOS and those extra details.
I hadn't realised Brighton had a red away strip at that time
(they usually wore all yellow). The date for the game would have
been 28.2.1987 for which Ron Bridges was indeed the referee.
#Post#: 1670--------------------------------------------------
Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: mutn3
Date: October 13, 2018, 1:03 pm
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It's Terry Heilbron 😉.
#Post#: 1671--------------------------------------------------
Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: mutn3
Date: October 13, 2018, 1:07 pm
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I don't think it's Fussey btw
#Post#: 1679--------------------------------------------------
Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: October 14, 2018, 5:47 am
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--- Quote from: mutn3 link ---
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> I don't think it's Fussey btw
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Sorry, I am getting confused. The small photo showing Chelsea v
Man Utd is definitely Maurice Fussey and I am 99% certain that
Maurice refereed Palace v Spurs in Aug 1969 (I was probably
there). Is it the Oldham photo which you think is not Maurice
(with a moustache)? Any ideas on who it could be. Perhaps best
to quote the post you are referring to.
Ref your earlier post, yes Terry Heilbron but I referred earlier
to Terry Holbrook from the West Midlands, not Terry Heilbron.
There was a reference recently to Terry Heilbron on the FL Cup
Final referees thread, but that was completely separate.
Note to admin - great that we are back up and running with ISOR
on the new forum format. However if you quote from a post which
contains a photo, the photo does not come out on the post, only
'attachment link'. OK, we don't want to see the same photo over
and over again, but it would be helpful to see the relevant
photo when quoting, particularly from a while back which
sometimes happens. Any chance please of rectifying this?
#Post#: 1681--------------------------------------------------
Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: mutn3
Date: October 14, 2018, 11:21 am
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The Osgood pic is deffo Fussey. I was referring to a guy with a
dapper 'tache in top left of another pic.
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Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: mutn3
Date: October 14, 2018, 11:25 am
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10th Oct 18.49 post
#Post#: 1686--------------------------------------------------
Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: October 14, 2018, 1:38 pm
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--- Quote from: mutn3 link ---
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> The Osgood pic is deffo Fussey. I was referring to a guy with
a dapper 'tache in top left of another pic.
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Thanks for clarifying mutn3. This from 'The Football Man:People
and Passions in Soccer' by Arthur Hopcraft:
"He (Maurice Fussey) is a tall galloping-major type of figure,
with sparse sandy hair and a sandy moustache kept uniformly
trimmed".
I still think the Oldham picture is Maurice and that the
moustache was either shaven off in the later pics of him or was
not visible in the camera shot for some reason.
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Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: Left Field
Date: October 16, 2018, 12:41 pm
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Here's a picture from a game at Gillingham in 1966. Not the
clearest image but a young(?)-looking referee can be seen making
a rather odd gesture - not quite sure whether it's "play on", a
sign of amazement, consternation or even a moment of
celebration!
[attachimg=1]
#Post#: 1738--------------------------------------------------
Re: Who was the referee? Appeals for information
DIR By: olddeagle
Date: October 16, 2018, 2:12 pm
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Not much to go on, but Ray Aldous (Ipswich) was dark haired and
tall a bit like the gent pictured here.
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