Remember this character turfing us out the cup down here v hull on a Sunday afternoon sure we had half dozen trys chalked off...worst refereeing performance ever... still it was an incident packed Sunday afternoon

I remember it well.
Corrupt didn't even cover that day. There was no way we were winning that match.
Despite that ******'* best efforts to get Hull to the final, they eventually lost.

Lindop wasn't far behind

I was at the CC 1/4 final vs Hull. Disallowed 5 tries.
Needed a police escort off the pitch at the end, the only time I’d ever seen that.

Finished his career as an honorary lifetime member of Hull FC.

I’d asked Billy Thompson about his performance at the game on 2 different radio phone ins. He just mocked the Warrington fans and averted answering the question on each occasion.

I see John Holdsworth has passed away too.

I just about remember John Holdsworth. I think he retired in the 90s didn't he? But he was definitely the only 'older' referee at that time. I think this was the period when the newer generation of referees came through such as Russel Smith and the Connolly twins. There were still a few characters right up to about 10 years ago: Silverwood, Ganson to name a couple. These days though, the referees seem much more reserved and clean cut. Apart from Hicks when he had that huge Castaway beard.