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Author Topic: Norman Glover - Chorley  (Read 397 times)

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Timbo

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Norman Glover - Chorley
« on: Fri 12 Jun 2020 16:44 »
Norman Glover - Chorley

Framed photograph of the referee who officiated at the Valley Parade disaster in 1985 :-

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Norman-Glover-Vintage-photograph-/143536949838?_ul=BY

The match programme listed Don Shaw of Sandbach as the referee ; he withdrew a couple of days before the game because of injury.

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Re: Norman Glover - Chorley
« Reply #1 on: Fri 12 Jun 2020 19:19 »
Yes, Donald got in touch with RTR a few years ago and confirmed that because he had tweaked a muscle at Old Trafford a few days before, he had been unable to referee the game at Bradford and Norman Glover had taken his place. The match day programme was not changed in time and so named Don as the referee, and I saw a local media report that he had received some hate mail as a result of what happened at Valley Parade which, even if he had been in charge that day, was obviously totally unacceptable.
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Re: Norman Glover - Chorley
« Reply #2 on: Fri 15 Sep 2023 21:09 »
This is quite a sad story and, as such, I have only posted links that refer to the victim's past when he was a Football League referee :-

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/my-dad-37k-life-savings-26687468

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/crime/pensioner-dementia-entire-life-savings-29707245
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