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Uriah Rennie
« on: Fri 22 Apr 2022 08:57 »
Times has an article on a new book, 'Your Show' by Ashley Hickson-Lovence, detailing the life of Uriah Rennie, the PL's first and only black referee. £14.99 from Faber. And yes, the article does include what must surely be one of the most famous football photos involving referees, Rennie v Keene at Sunderland in 2002!

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Re: Uriah Rennie
« Reply #1 on: Fri 22 Apr 2022 11:17 »
It's a novel not a biography! So not sure how grounded in reality it is
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Re: Uriah Rennie
« Reply #2 on: Fri 22 Apr 2022 16:40 »
Ashley was a Level 4 referee in London and then Norfolk before he became an author.

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Re: Uriah Rennie
« Reply #3 on: Mon 23 May 2022 04:06 »
Just been reading this book and it makes a good read - does anyone know whether Uriah Rennie was actually involved in the writing or is entirely the work of the author - it goes into a lot of detail describing matches giving line ups/incidents etc which presumably could only come from Rennie himself - I realize it is a novel and therefore  is it all 'made up' by the author in which case it is very convincing