Thanks LF, I have amended the database. Interesting that both games involved my beloved Crystal Palace. I recall the Blackburn game, mainly from the point of view of the margin of victory, bearing in mind that it was 9th v 5th in Div 2. However I don't think I was there and was probably plying my trade on a contributory league that afternoon. I am sure John Gow would have preferred to have bowed out the following weekend at Wembley, but that honour went, perhaps surprisingly, to Derek Nippard. Harold Davey must also count himself unlucky to have bowed out with a fairly meaningless Div 3 game at Chester and one which was played three days after the Cup Final. Right up until a couple of weeks before, the Palace were in the running for promotion, but 0-0 home draws v Aldershot and Chesterfield (I was present at that one, ref Ken Burns) did it for them and the Chester game became a bit of a dead rubber. Bearing in mind that this was the season that Palace went all the way from the 1st round of the FA Cup to the semi-final, I wonder whether the Chester game was a re-arranged fixture, as playing midweek after the Cup Final was unusual. If this was the case, perhaps Harold had been appointed to the original game and was re-appointed when the fixture was rearranged (a bit like David Hutchinson with the title decider in 1988/9)?
When will I be in a position to amend the database again with this season's departures and when will the list for next season be published I wonder, bearing in mind that some refs are still very much active for a few weeks yet?