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Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: Hendo
Date: August 1, 2019, 11:25 am
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HTML https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/article/trelford-bravest-man-on-tyneside-dies-77
Just caught the news that Mr Mills died a couple of months ago.
Good, solid ref who had a long tenure on the league list. I know
his name used to always put the disgraced Stuart Hall into fits
of laughter
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: Left Field
Date: August 1, 2019, 12:46 pm
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Sad news. When I was growing up I took little interest in
referees and only knew a handful by name - the World Cup
referees Pat Partridge and Clive Thomas; Messrs Controversial
Turvey and McNally; and lastly the oddly-named trio of Lester
Shapter, Gilbert Napthine and Trelford Mills. When I started to
take more interest in referees he was one of the mainstays and
always a very dependable official, also distinctive for his full
beard as well for his name. He made the List at a young age and
maybe if circumstances had been a little different he might have
achieved greater refereeing honours.
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: August 1, 2019, 1:55 pm
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Ah, Trelford Mills, the referee whose name seemed to be a place
straight out of a Mrs Gaskell novel. I saw him referee several
times; solid and dependable are absolutely the right words to
describe his officiating.
Treford Mills also was the source of one of my favourite
football newspaper football headlines. He had refereed a match
where very little of note or incident had happened except that
the player Micky Gynn executed two very theatrical tumbles in
the penalty area; on both occasions Trelford Mills declined to
award a penalty. The report of this match on Monday ( I think in
The Guardian ) bore the wonderful headline "Mr Mills turns down
a double Gynn fizz "
Happy days indeed.
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: TVOS
Date: August 1, 2019, 2:25 pm
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When I was a kid, I always thought he was called "referee
Tunbridge Wells of Barnsley"!
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: reflector
Date: August 1, 2019, 2:27 pm
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Sad news. Memorable to me, besides the name, as he was the
first national list referee I can recall who had a beard. Also
he was the first referee I saw who played an advantage for a
foul just outside the penalty area, waited for the goal to be
scored and then cautioned the player concerned. This was at a
time when the norm was for the referee to stop the game to
administer the caution, award the free kick and thus in reality
penalise the side whose player had been fouled.
Trelford was a good solid referee who in his day had many decent
appointments without perhaps achieving the real top matches he
probably deserved.
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: Acme Thunderer
Date: August 2, 2019, 4:01 am
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Sorry to hear of the passing of another fine ref.
I recall that the Kop once sang 'Happy Birthday' to Trelford as
he came on to the field. 11 visits to Anfield and not one home
loss, so Trelford must have been a favourite of the Kop.
Another incident I recall was in a game which was screened live
on BBC or ITV on a Sunday afternoon. I think it was at Coventry
and in the 2nd half, with the score still 0-0, a Coventry
defender saved a certain goal with his arm. The then mandatory
red card came out and, to everyone's astonishment, the player
protested loudly (not it had to be said supported by his team
mates). Trelford then drew himself up to his full imposing
height, whereupon the offending player scuttled off to the
dressing room. The penalty was missed.
The Newcastle v Brighton FA Cup replay in Jan 1983 is shown on
YouTube. Two Newcastle goals disallowed. The first was for a
contentious handball and would have been cleared up by VAR
nowadays, the second was for a very soft push, and would almost
certainly not have been disallowed now.
Beards - Trelford was certainly one of the only bearded refs on
the list, but I recall seeing George Flint (1972 to 1982) with a
full beard at Selhurst Park, and this is confirmed in mutn3's
wonderful book on Old Nottinghamshire Referees.
RIP Trelford.
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: mauricelapin
Date: August 5, 2019, 3:04 am
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I don't think I ever saw Roger Dilkes in action, but am fairly
certain that he was another member of the very select group of
bearded referees.
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: Hendo
Date: August 5, 2019, 7:16 am
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--- Quote from: mauricelapin link ---
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> I don't think I ever saw Roger Dilkes in action, but am fairly
certain that he was another member of the very select group of
bearded referees.
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He was and a very good ref too, vastly underrated. To the list
of Mills, Dilkes and Flint we can add Tom Reynolds who also
sported a beard, though I seem to recall it was shaved off after
a time.
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: August 5, 2019, 9:45 am
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Roger Dilkes was an excellent referee who never quite seemed to
be reagarded as highly as he ought by the poers that be.
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Re: Trelford Mills R.I.P
DIR By: guest42
Date: November 10, 2019, 12:17 pm
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--- Quote from: mauricelapin link ---
>
> I don't think I ever saw Roger Dilkes in action, but am fairly
certain that he was another member of the very select group of
bearded referees.
>
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Going a bit more modern - Rob Harris of Oxfordshire (iirc) was
also bearded at one stage of his career
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