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Quote from: Acme Thunderer on Fri 31 Dec 2021 10:32

And I still wince when the name David Webb of Sale is mentioned on RTR!

Perhaps you would be obliged to wince less often if you recalled him as Derek Webb.

Which takes us to 1980 and Clive Allen's shot rebounding off the stanchion, but a certain South London club being denied a goal.

Thanks JCFC and JT for putting me right on Derek rather than David Webb, I will amend. And yes, JCFC, you are of course correct in suggesting that the Palace were denied a great goal from a Clive Allen free kick because Derek Webb and his linesman thought the shot had come back off the post, whereas it had actually come back off the stanchion at the back of the goal. Derek seemed almost taken unawares when the kick was taken and, as a consequence, he was out of position to see what happened with the free kick. He laboured on for another season to complete just three years on the list, and one wonders how much the incident at Coventry affected his confidence and future performances. 

JT, 1980 is correct for 24. Michael Lowe.