: Wed May 06, 2009 3:20 pm  

houdini wrote:

John Holdsworth no video ref required

one of the best........

: Wed May 06, 2009 4:55 pm  

Ashley Klein in his first season over here

Jamie Leahy is going well.

: Wed May 06, 2009 5:05 pm  

Stormin norman Jevons

Was Jerry Kershaw the chap who looked like Norman Collier?

: Wed May 06, 2009 7:22 pm  

I remember years ago at Thrum Hall a ref stayed on the pitch at half time and a small kid ran on and handed him a pair of glasses!

: Wed May 06, 2009 10:54 pm  

my vote:

the guy who reffed chelsea fc out of the champions league tonight

: Wed May 06, 2009 11:21 pm  

Over the last 20 years it would have to be Russ Smith & Steve Ganson followed by uncle Colin Morris, but neither of them were as good as some I remember from before that period.

Ronnie Campbell, Stan Wall, Billy Thompson, Mick Beaumont, our Jim, Brian Galtress, ooooh there's loads and all of them had character. Holdsworth used to ref us when I played colts & A team rugby on his way up to first team and he was OK liked to chat with the players during the game, Ian McGregor was the same when he reffed Pennine league but he just wanted a supping partner 'til his mrs came to pick him up after the game, 'cos she had the car !!!

: Thu May 07, 2009 7:45 am  

marillion man wrote:

Over the last 20 years it would have to be Russ Smith & Steve Ganson followed by uncle Colin Morris, but neither of them were as good as some I remember from before that period.

Ronnie Campbell, Stan Wall, Billy Thompson, Mick Beaumont, our Jim, Brian Galtress, ooooh there's loads and all of them had character. Holdsworth used to ref us when I played colts & A team rugby on his way up to first team and he was OK liked to chat with the players during the game, Ian McGregor was the same when he reffed Pennine league but he just wanted a supping partner 'til his mrs came to pick him up after the game, 'cos she had the car !!!

My dads mate used to work with Billy and he tells funny stories about him all the time. There's one in which Jim mills is playing for Widnes and is being tackled, as he's about to hit the deck the opposing scrum half comes running in and cracks Jim. Realising what a mistake he's made the scrum half runs upto Billy and says 'send me off'!. Billy, who has obviously seen what happens, replies to the scrum half 'i'm not going to send you off.........you'll be going off but i'm not going to send you off'!

Minutes later Jim mills catches up with the scrum half and he's going off on a stretcher!!!