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Author Topic: Who was the referee? Appeals for information  (Read 6893 times)

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Acme Thunderer

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I started these two different (to my mind) threads back on the old board some time ago. "Who was the referee?" was intended to be where someone didn't know or wasn't sure who refereed a game and could ask for answers or suggestions. "Name the referee quiz" was, as the name suggests, where a member knew the identity of a pictured or profiled referee and was setting a poser. However maybe that distinction is not always obvious and I sometimes have to give some thought to which thread to use. I wouldn't have a problem with the threads being merged, perhaps with a title such as "Who was the referee?" and then they could either ask for information or set a quiz question as they wish.

This entry is of the asking for answers / suggestions although I have an idea (no stronger than that) who the pictured referee might be. The picture below is from before a West Brom game in 1987. I don't know the opposition and the lack of attendance suggests it might be a friendly. The referee seems to be the tall, partly obscured figure at the back right - he looks a little like Ron Bridges but there may be other possibilities.

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If this is a friendly and the ref is the tall guy, then Terry Holbrook might be a possibility rather than Vic Callow who was less vertically inclined. But I'm not convinced that the hair style is Terry's. I note however that WBA were in dire trouble in Div 2 in 1986/7, with attendances reflecting this, and WBA v Barnsley on 2nd May 1987 had an attendance of 6300, just 200 more than at the Alex on Saturday. Could it be a League match with a sparse crowd and Barnsley in red? No idea on the ref but it would rule out Terry from Walsall and rule in Ron Bridges as a possibility.

Edit - this programme was produced uniquely for the WBA v Sunderland League game on 4/4/87 and is therefore definitely not Barnsley in red which was played a month later. In consequence, I think this has to be a League match, played in front of a sparse crowd, rather than a friendly but I do not know who the opponents could be.
« Last Edit: Tue 25 Sep 2018 11:09 by Acme Thunderer »