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General Refereeing => I Spy Old Refs! => Topic started by: John Treleven on Mon 27 Feb 2023 14:02
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Thursday 25th August 2022
Palace Shield Cricket News (Blackpool / Preston)
The Competition is saddened to hear of the death of Terence Leonard Morris
Terry was a Football League referee who graduated to officiate in Division One in the 1980's.
He took charge of such teams as Manchester United & Nottingham Forest in the Brian Clough era.
He left to join the Football League at Lytham.
He was also a good cricketer, wicket keeper/batsman for Wrea Gree & Freckleton
He was also a fine administrator being Secretary & Treasurer for both clubs.
He attended our management meetings for many years as the club representative
He also lectured in Business Studies at Blackpool & Preston colleges.
He suffered from Parkinsons in later years and was cared for by his wife Nancy.
She died two years ago and Terry was in a care home for his final years.
They had no children.
Born in Rotherham he was a lecturer and course director in home and institutional studies at Leeds Polytechnic
F.L. line 1973-76, also Supplementary ref in the last of those and then Full ref 1976-82
although he left in October 1981 to work for the Football League.
He refereed the F.A. Vase Final (Blue Star 2, Barton Rovers 1) in 1978 at Wembley.
Interview with him here - page 10 of 12 of Leeds Student (10th Nov 1978) takes a few seconds to load
http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/10076/1/LUA-PUB-002-LS-196_000.pdf
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One of those Yorkshire referees rarely seen at a League match but did officiate in West Riding Cup matches.Very steady-not flamboyant.
Had a beard sometime I think.
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I remember him quite clearly as a solid, capable referee. For some reason he officiated at the first game of the season at Ewood Park about 3 seasons in a row. It almost became a case of thinking, first match of the season, ref Terry Morris.