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Acme Thunderer

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Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« on: Sat 23 Jan 2021 09:39 »
Prior to last night's FA Cup tie at Chorley, the BBC showed goal highlights (still available via Mr Google) of the night Chorley thrashed 4th Div Wolves 3-0 in a 1st round 2nd replay FA Cup tie at Bolton in Feb 1986. One of the goals included a sighting from the back of a tallish very thin ref with shorts that were definitely longer than some of the players'. But who was he? Looked a bit like John Martin but I don't think he would have headed all the way from Alton to Bolton for a 1st round tie. Can anyone help please? Just interested, thanks.

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Re: Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« Reply #1 on: Sat 23 Jan 2021 10:53 »
Looks a bit like Ron Bridges to me.

There’s pictures from the first two games on the Lancashire Post website; the ref there looks like Arthur Robinson.

LeftField might have the local knowledge on this one.
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Re: Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« Reply #2 on: Sat 23 Jan 2021 18:27 »
Match report gives Ron Bridges
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Re: Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« Reply #3 on: Sun 24 Jan 2021 08:58 »
Thank you TVOS and John Treleven. Ron Bridges certainly makes sense on this one.

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Re: Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« Reply #4 on: Sun 24 Jan 2021 13:32 »
Thank you TVOS and John Treleven. Ron Bridges certainly makes sense on this one.

Back in May 1987, Dale were playing Stockport. Win and we couldn't be relegated to the Conference which, having been bottom of the league for a large part of the season post-Christmas, was some achievement.

Ron Bridges was the referee and as a regular at Spotland, he was well-known to the fans, but wasn't very popular.

I was stood near to the main entrance when he arrived at the ground. He parked up his car and started to walk to the door, before being stopped by a burly steward who said something along the lines of "You can't park there, guv!"

So, Mr Bridges asked me to watch over his kit bag while he went to move his car; he wasn't impressed and looked flustered, which was unusual for him.

Anyway, he moved his car, came to get his kit bag ("Thanks son") and went into the ground.

Shortly after I bumped into a Dale fan of some seniority and told him this tale.

"Who was the ref?" he asked me.

"Ron Bridges" I replied.

"Oh God, we've had it tonight. We're doomed to the Conference," came the outburst from my friend. "He never gives us anything anyway and now some bloody steward has put him in a bad mood before the game has even started!"

Fortunately we won 2-1, although there seemed to be an excessive amount of added time at the end.
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Re: Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« Reply #5 on: Wed 27 Jan 2021 18:08 »
John Lovatt of Crewe refereed the first match and replay.
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Re: Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« Reply #6 on: Wed 27 Jan 2021 20:05 »
John Lovatt of Crewe refereed the first match and replay.

I had a thought after I posted Arthur Robinson that it might have been John Lovatt.

Cheers for clearing it up.
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Re: Chorley v Wolves, 1986
« Reply #7 on: Fri 12 Feb 2021 17:29 »
I was on the line for the second replay and have been trying to find the programme!
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