RateTheRef

Dermot was ace! He always used to referee the Hamworthy v AFCB friendly, which is widely considered the best ever friendly by AFCB fans who were around in the good old days of Leagues 1 & 2. BBQ & beers sat on the grass bank, it was always the 1st pre-season friendly & everyone went just for the BBQ, beers and socialising. Not sure anyone actually watched the game - ever! Dermot has a great sense of humour and on one occasion he showed Marcus Browning a red card in the car park as he arrived while telling him it would save him having to do it in the game. We were all in fits of laughter. Every year he'd ask me if he was still my favourite ref and I'd say yes so he'd shout over to Marcus, that's you booked again! Marcus was my fav player & the most booked player! The origins of my forum name - Marcus nicknamed me Book Me Browning, shortened to bmb over the years. Very good memories of Dermot from those games! Not sure I ever saw him in the league though!