JCFC the answer lies in a thread on the previous site where I opined that a referee of yesteryear who served for an unsurprising short tenure on the National List always put me in mind of Gorden Kaye's wonderful creation of Rene from 'Allo 'Allo. The referee in question was Mike Bidmead who " didn't trouble the Scorers much" and graced the List from 1979 to 1981. I've seen some pretty dreadful performances from League referees in my time but Bidmead's is up there among the most notable, giving place only, in this regard, to Topsy himself.