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Mr Gow and Mr Walters. |
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By: robbieg Date: December 31, 2025, 9:34 am |
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Just watching an episode of THE BIG MATCH REVISITED today and it |
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featured two games from the [ then] first division from April |
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23rd 1976 featuring QPR V Leeds Utd and Ipswich v Derby. |
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The referees that day were referred to as Mr Gow and a Mr |
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Walters [ who was officiating for the final occasion that day]. |
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Just out of curiosity on a winter's afternoon who were they and |
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did they have long refereeing careers ? |
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Are both still alive ? |
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Re: Mr Gow and Mr Walters. |
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By: Whistleblower Date: December 31, 2025, 3:40 pm |
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W J Gow, known as John, was a science teacher from Swansea. He |
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was regarded as one of the senior referees of his day and served |
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on the international panel for Wales. I believe he is no longer |
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alive. |
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Mr Walters ( Peter ? ) came from Somerset. He wasn't as high |
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profile as John Gow but got a fair number of First Division |
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fixtures. |
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Re: Mr Gow and Mr Walters. |
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By: Acme Thunderer Date: January 1, 2026, 7:54 am |
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Peter Walters from Bridgwater was a headteacher and a referee on |
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the EFL from 1966 to 1976. I already have him on my 'final game' |
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database refereeing Ipswich v Derby in April 1976, so someone |
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else (JT?) must have known this was his final game. John Gow was |
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an EFL referee from 1963 to 1978. He was favourite to referee |
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the FA Cup Final in 1978 at the end of his long career, but was |
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beaten to it, quite surprisingly, by another retiree, Derek |
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Nippard, and John's last game was Palace v Blackburn in April |
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1978, a game I might have been at but probably not. I don't |
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think I ever saw Peter in action, and I never warmed to John who |
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I thought displayed stern schoolteacher looks and actions rather |
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more than needed. I recall both were quite small in stature. |
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