Previously on 29th April

[andrewr]

Previous matches on this date, 29th April.

Apologies for repeating this bit, but the list isn't comprehensive, so if anyone can add to it, please do.

1922 Sussex County League Bognor 2 Horsham 0
1972 Sussex County League Division 1 Bognor 4 Three Bridges 0
1981 Southern Southern Division Bognor 4 Chelmsford City 0
1987 Isthmian Premier Bognor 1 Harrow Borough 3
1989 Isthmian Premier Bognor (Biddle 36, Withers 56) 2 Dulwich Hamlet (Cappucio 85, Purvis 90?) 2
1991 Isthmian Premier Bognor 0 Woking (Pratt 53, Smart 90) 2 Att: 320
1995 Isthmian Division 1 Wivenhoe Town (Booty 14) 1 Bognor (Biddle 89) 1 Att: 83
2000 Isthmian Division 1 Bognor 0 Bishop's Stortford (Paul 60) 1 Att: 217
2001 Isthmian Division 1 Bognor (Wyatt 19,47) 2 Barton Rovers 0 Att: 132
2006 Conference South Bognor (Nightingale 66,70) 2 Basingstoke Town (Wright 72) 1 Att: 329

[Pete Helsby]

Apr 29, 2020 16:12:59 GMT 1 andrewr said:

Previous matches on this date, 29th April.

Apologies for repeating this bit, but the list isn't comprehensive, so if anyone can add to it, please do.

1922 Sussex County League Bognor 2 Horsham 0
1972 Sussex County League Division 1 Bognor 4 Three Bridges 0
1981 Southern Southern Division Bognor 4 Chelmsford City 0
1987 Isthmian Premier Bognor 1 Harrow Borough 3
1989 Isthmian Premier Bognor 2 Dulwich Hamlet 2
1991 Isthmian Premier Bognor 0 Woking (Pratt 53, Smart 90) 2 Att: 320
1995 Isthmian Division 1 Wivenhoe Town (Booty 14) 1 Bognor (Biddle 89) 1 Att: 83
2000 Isthmian Division 1 Bognor 0 Bishop's Stortford (Paul 60) 1 Att: 217
2001 Isthmian Division 1 Bognor (Wyatt 19,47) 2 Barton Rovers 0 Att: 132
2006 Conference South Bognor (Nightingale 66,70) 2 Basingstoke Town (Wright 72) 1 Att: 329[/quote


Not sure Andrew. That Dulwich game in 1989 may have been the last time l refereed a game at Bognor when l had to retire at the end of that season. Stan Rowlands gave me his tie afyerwards and l still wear it now!

[Pete Helsby]

Any confirmation of this Andrew please

[andrewr]

I'm afraid not. I was watching Newcastle get a beating at Plough Lane that day (Lester Shapter was the referee), so we need someone with a copy of the programme to dig it out, unless I can find something in a Dulwich programme, although they don't normally mention the referee in the 'Matches from the Past'. Did you do anything controversial, as that might get you a mention?

As for the tie, I'll take your word for it.

[Pete Helsby]

If it is the game then yes. I sent off a Dulwich player for thumping someone. It was only the 2nd player l ever sent off in my career. It happened in the 2nd half. There was a foul by a Dulwich player and l allowed the advantage, l took off after the long ball and there were afters. I saw nothing but my linesman did. I stopped the game and my linesman suggested l should send the player off.

[andrewr]

So would one of your final matches have been at Selhurst Park for Crystal Palace against Stoke?

I've found a summary of the game against Dulwich in 1989 in one of our programmes (you should thank Maurice for including a section on 'The Way it was...' when he was programme editor). It doesn't mention any dismissals.

[Pete Helsby]

Yes, Andrew my last Football league linesman appointment due to serious issues with my left knee, was Palace v Stoke. Unbenown to me the referee had hired a photographer who tokk a number of action shots during the game and a couple of weeks later a small album dropped onto my hallway floor from him. The referee was David Ellery.

Just onthat point about the game l refereed, it wss possibly the ladt evening home game that season.

[andrewr]

The game in 1989 was the last home league fixture of the season, but it was on a Saturday. The last midweek fixture that season was against Leyton-Wingate a couple of weeks earlier.

You say that you sent off two players in your career. Did you see what the other one did?

[Pete Helsby]

Yes.