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Radio programme on AJ (Jimmy) Jewell - FA Cup Final Referee and
Radio Commentator
DIR By: Left Field
Date: September 2, 2019, 9:01 am
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While the name "Jimmy Jewell" probably initially conjures up
images of the comic actor it was also the name of A.J Jewell -
referee of the 1938 FA Cup Final in which Preston beat
Huddersfield with a penalty awarded in the last minute of extra
time. However - not uncommonly with pre-war referees - Mr.
Jewell had a very eventful life. He served as an RAF pilot and
after leaving refereeing actually briefly managed Norwich City
and later became the BBC's first regular radio football
commentator. Inconceivable these days that a referee (or anyone
who hadn't been a professional player) could ever manage a
professional club but a sign of very different footballing
times. A recent radio programme about him - "Jimmy Jewell - the
Lost Voice of Football" - can be heard at:
HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07kdtg0
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Re: Radio programme on AJ (Jimmy) Jewell - FA Cup Final Referee
and Radio Commentator
DIR By: jad
Date: September 9, 2019, 9:12 am
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I first encountered Mr Jewell's name on a Russian web-site that
I came across earlier this year:
HTML http://footballfacts.ru/referees
This is a vast data-base with a wealth of information about
match officials, although you may wish to note that the site is
Russian (but with the possibility of searching for names in
either the Cyrillic or the Latin alphabets) and is not
particularly easy to use. Not surprisingly the coverage of
Russian and Soviet football at both national and local levels is
the most comprehensive: I first discovered the site when I was
looking for information about the Moscow city championship in
the 1930s (please don't ask why), while that of British domestic
football is distinctly patchy. There are, however, two positive
features about the site: the first is that more often than not
information is given about linesmen, as well as match referees,
while the second is the inclusion of a considerable information
about international fixtures, some of them quite obscure.
For Mr Jewell the site currently lists 18 fixtures in which he
was involved either as referee or as linesman. The only
domestic fixture is the 1938 F.A. Cup Final; among the
international fixtures are the 1938 friendly between England and
Europe and the matches at which he officiated during the 1936
Olympics (as mentioned in the radio programme), but there are
also Home International games, as well as various other
international fixtures, both competitive and friendly and even
two games in the Mitropa Cup (which for those who have
temporarily forgotten was a club competition involving teams
mainly in Central Europe).
By following random links it is possible to stumble across a
remarkable amount of extremely arcane information. Whether the
site will provide the answers to questions that people are
asking still remains to be tested.
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Re: Radio programme on AJ (Jimmy) Jewell - FA Cup Final Referee
and Radio Commentator
DIR By: olddeagle
Date: September 14, 2019, 7:24 am
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Many thanks to Left Field for the link to this fascinating
programme. It prompted me to look at the Youtube film of the
1938 Cup Final where you can see Bill Shankly meeting George VI
and note that all three officials have different sock designs.
Mr Jewell's look as though they have black legs and either
red/white or blue/white tops. Wouldn't be tolerated now of
course. It also looks as though his last second penalty decision
wouldn't have been overturned by VAR.
He wasn't the only ex FL referee to manage a league club
although he may well have been the last to do so. There was
David Ashworth (Liverpool 1920-23, Oldham 1923-4, Man City
1924/5, on the FL list 1904-6) and Fred Kirkham (Spurs 1907-8,
on the FL list 1897-1906), and Herbert Bamlett (Oldham 1914-21,
Wigan 1921-3, Middleborough 1923-6 and Man Utd 1927-31).
Ashworth took Liverpool to the First Division title in 1921/2;
Bamlett had done the 1914 final and Kirkham managed Spurs before
they joined the FL but he had done the 1906 Cup Final. I imagine
all of them were more like CEOs today rather than coaches. There
is some interesting contemporary material about Bamlett at
HTML https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterunitedman1/47960291527/in/photostream/<br
/>. Does anyone know if there were any more?
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Re: Radio programme on AJ (Jimmy) Jewell - FA Cup Final Referee
and Radio Commentator
DIR By: mutn3
Date: September 16, 2019, 4:49 am
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I don't have the book to hand on previous Derbyshire FL
Officials, though you'd think I might remember, but to the list
of Referees turned Managers you can certainly add Gilbert
Gillies (1904). He managed Leeds City, Bradford Park Ave and
Chesterfield, all in their inaugural seasons in the Football
League. There may be others, I'll have to re-read .
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