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On This Day in 1962
Eddie Reynolds celebrates one of his four goals as the Dons beat Hayes 7-0 to reach the final of the London Senior Cup for the first time since 1934. Playing under the Kingstonian floodlights on a misty Friday night, the high-flying Athenian Leaguers worked hard but got no joy from an imperious Wimbledon defence and, at the other end, Reynolds and his fellow forwards made hay.
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Sticky
Dust your boots down, guys - this is your chance to play on the hallowed turf of Plough Lane. The WAWF Cup takes place on May 31 and we are looking for fans to line up to play along side the likes of Jon Main and Mickey Haswell (more TBC), in teams managed by Mark Robinson and Terry Brown. Full use of stadium/changing rooms etc. Hampshire referee etc. West Stand open for fans, Phoenix open for thirsty fans/players. Photos of the day and probably a few bits thrown in tbc too. And if you can't play, why not be an assistant manager or a mascot for the day... All proceeds to the playing budget, too. [Link]
26th Mar 2026 12:37:56 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Could have been that. Could have been lost in translation. Could have been he lied but I have a watch!
30th Mar 2026 19:36:02 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
I’ll look it up. If you can find the photo of him yelling at Blanchflower I’ll buy you a pint of Beamish Stout.
Looking back at Real Madrid European games to that time the only one reffed by an English ref(with presumably English linos)was the March 1968 quarter final against Sparta Prague, Real lost to Man U in the semis
30th Mar 2026 19:19:52 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Would it have been neutral venues back in them there days?
30th Mar 2026 19:10:27 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Enjoyed it so much he celebrated by buying a boat apparently ;)
30th Mar 2026 19:09:34 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Even being Lino at the Bernabéu must have been ace
30th Mar 2026 19:07:39 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I don’t. I would have done at some point but will need to check. And I do know that he was lino rather than ref for that game so apologies for inadvertently misleading.
30th Mar 2026 19:03:49 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Do you know who the Real Madrid game was against?
30th Mar 2026 19:00:49 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I never got him to Plough Lane or KM as too far to travel but I do regret that we never got to Home Park together.
30th Mar 2026 18:48:11 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
He loved his football.
And failed 💥
30th Mar 2026 18:46:26 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
In that report of the Plymouth v Santos game it says that the Brazilians tried to change the ref at half time!!
30th Mar 2026 18:38:38 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
He hardly talked about his reffing experiences til right towards the end of his life and then once he got going you couldn’t shut him up.
30th Mar 2026 18:35:11 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
I know he wouldn’t have taken any crap from any player regardless of stature or status.
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30th Mar 2026 18:27:10 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
He sounds like a great man y should be so proud!!
And he was not bent please do not say he was bent
30th Mar 2026 18:21:43 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
;)
His name was Grandad [Link]
30th Mar 2026 18:19:32 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Thats in the era of dodgy European games being fixed by bent refs too
30th Mar 2026 18:13:41 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
What was his name?
He did loads. Somewhere there’s an awesome photo of him yelling at Danny Blanchflower, taking no sh*t. He did a Real Madrid European semi final and I have the club watch he was given as a gift* and “most famously” he did the Plymouth Argyle v Santos friendly which was anything but friendly. So he’s reffed Pele.
30th Mar 2026 18:09:40 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
*I don’t know whether he gave them a dodgy penalty…
Trigs-wow that’s amazing what games did he ref?
30th Mar 2026 18:00:08 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Thought you were referring to the cup final penalty, Swiggy! My grandad reffed up to European Semi Final level back in the late 60s/early 70s and said that in certain games he would never give a penalty against the home team in the last ten minutes of a game.
30th Mar 2026 17:55:47 
 [195.lo.gg.ed] 
Football was proper back then.
Well I disagreed with him TS, never a penalty. He still said "yes" when my fiancee made me ask if I could have her hand in marriage :)
30th Mar 2026 17:12:17 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
And I refereed at that level OI and wouldn't have given the penalty. Just shows we are human?
30th Mar 2026 17:07:17 
 [109.lo.gg.ed] 
Got my class 1 2 months after my 40th birthday so wasn't allowed to move into the pyramid
RIP Tony Godden ex W.B.A. and Chelsea keeper
30th Mar 2026 17:04:56 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Surrey Bob,I had plenty of practice on here:-)
30th Mar 2026 15:34:17 
 [82.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
You have to consider the refs position of the incident in those pre VAR days, he has just one look at it and has to make a split second decision. Even at Wealdstone where I went Saturday there was a penalty controversy that the visiting Marine fans being scousers are convinced should have been given, another chip on their shoulder
30th Mar 2026 15:26:01 
 [81.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
The other thing - JG you presume it seems that demand is inelastic from the OAPs - I don’t think it is. Nor do I think that these seats will be filled by adults
30th Mar 2026 15:23:25 
 [80.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
I argued with my father-in-law, who had been a referee up to County Cup Final level, about the Cup Final penalty. He was sure he would have given it.
30th Mar 2026 15:22:11 
 [86.lo.gg.ed] 
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU