Ray Tinkler
| Ray Tinkler | |
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 Ray Tinkler | |
| Born | 1929 (age 96–97) |
| Education | Boston Grammar School (1940-1945) |
| Occupation | Football referee |
| Employer | E W Bowser (Company Secretary) |
Ray Tinkler was educated at Boston Grammar School (1940-1945).
Career
On leaving school Ray worked for E W Bowser and was company secretary for over forty years.
Ray was on the Football League Referees' list from 1960 to 1976. He was a linesman at Wembley for the 1962 FA Cup final between Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley and refereed the amateur cup final in 1971.
Outside the United Kingdom Ray refereed matches at Prague, Ajax in the Netherlands, Kaiserlautern, Barcelona, Milan, Genoa (Sampdoria), Florence (Fiorentina) and Rome (Lazio).
During a game between Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion at Elland Road on 17 April 1971, Tinkler allowed play to continue after a linesman had flagged for offside. The Leeds players stopped when they saw the flag and West Brom went on to score. The decision to play on caused outrage at the time. He was surrounded by Leeds players, and several Leeds fans who invaded the pitch were escorted off by police. Leeds pulled a goal back but lost the game 1–2.[1] In 2000 Tinkler was still adamant that the player was in his own half.
Tinkler's final match was a game between Oldham and West Bromwich Albion at Boundary Park on 24 April 1976 where the away team won 1–0 to clinch promotion to Division 1 (The Guardian, 26 April 1976, p14). He later became Chairman of the Football Association Referees' Committee and The Referees' Association.[2]
In 1998 he received a gold medal from the FA for fifty years' service.
In 2005, Tinkler became chairman of Lincolnshire FA having been on the committee for over 30 years.[3] He retired from the role of chairman in the summer of 2010.
External links
- Ray Tinkler - Wikipedia
- Photographs of Ray Tinkler - gettyimages
References
- ↑ Ref justice!, article recalling the 1971 Leeds v. WBA match: BBC Online website.
- ↑ National Instructors Course: TheFA.com website (archived).
- ↑ Frozen in time - TheGuardian.com website.