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Oddly, all the Division 1 referees have surnames starting with the letters A, B or C.

And all the Division 2 referees have surnames starting with letters ranging from C - H.

Perhaps the appointments secretary only had the first half of his contacts book to work from that week!

The Football League Referees of 1905-06

Home town, if more than one the no. of seasons at each

01   Adams   John "Jack"   Birmingham
02   Armitt   Thomas "Tom"   Leek
03   Ashworth   David           Manchester
04   Bailey   John                   Leicester
05   Barker   Alfred           Newcastle under Lyme (4) / Hanley (eight) / Stoke (4)
06   Brodie   John "Jack"   Breewood, Staffs
07   Bye           Frederick "Fred"   Sheffield
08   Campbell   Thomas "Tom"   Blackburn
09   Capes   Gabriel           Burton
10   Carr           Stephen           Dulwich, S.E. London
11   Case           Edward "Ted"   West Kirby
12   Chadwick   Walter           Blackburn
13   Cooknell   Arthur           Aston, Birmingham (10) / Handsworth, B'ham (3)
14   Dennis   Francis "Frank"   North Ormesby, Middlesbrough
15   Farrant   Albert          Bristol
16   Gardner   Frank          Leicester
17   Gilgryst   William          Manchester
18   Green   Alfred "Alf"   West Bromwich
19   Hammond   David           Heywood, Rochdale 
20   Hargreaves Albert           Blackpool
21   Heath   Frederick "Fred"   Small Heath, Birmingham
22   Hines   Arthur "George"   Radford, Nottingham
23   Horrocks   Robert           Farnworth (3) / Bolton (eight) / Farnworth (3)
24   Howcroft   John "Jack"   Bolton
25   Ibbotson   John                   Derby
26   Johns   Richard           Hanley, Stoke
27   Kingscott   Arthur           New Sawley, Long Eaton, Derby
28   Kirkham   Fred (sic)     Preston (10) / Enfield (1) / Ben Rhydding, Ilkley (2)
29   Kirkham   Thomas "Tom"   Burslem, Stoke
30   Mason   James "Jim"   Burslem, Stoke
31   McQueen   Matthew "Matt"   Liverpool
32   Nunnerley   William           Wrexham
33   Pearson   John "Jacky"   Crewe
34   Robertson   Thomas "Tom"   Glasgow
35   Smith   John                   Doncaster
36   Strawson   John "Jack"   Lincoln
37   Sutcliffe   Arthur           Burnley 
38   Ward           Harry (sic)         Nottingham
39   Whittaker   Nathaniel Nat"   Brockley, Lewisham 
40   Wild           Robert           Bury