mona
The Glory Game
Extended interview on radio 5 today. At first David Elleray wouldn't be drawn said he supported no club but had first watched Dover as he grew up there. When asked which result he looked for first he admitted it was Brighton.
Elleray's Secret
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The Large One
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Any particular reason? Apart from the bleedin' obvious - like we're cool...
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Wow, so the Harrow Schoolmaster is a closet Seagull...didn't he referee a match at Withdean a couple of seasons ago when there was no Premiership fixtures ? Anyone know who it was against and what the score was ?
Robot Chicken
Seriously?
Yep...
Brighton and Hove Albion 4 Hartlepool United 2
18 October 2000 (Wednesday) Division 3 ko 7:45 pm
Weather: Raining all day. Heavy rain at the start and raining throughout the game, hard at times.
Pitch: Slippery. Very poor.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/BMLSS/Seagulls16.htm
Brighton and Hove Albion 4 Hartlepool United 2
18 October 2000 (Wednesday) Division 3 ko 7:45 pm
Weather: Raining all day. Heavy rain at the start and raining throughout the game, hard at times.
Pitch: Slippery. Very poor.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/BMLSS/Seagulls16.htm
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Good work DP. Good work.
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He booked Michel Kuipers for dissent after he adjudged FDM had carried the ball back over the goal line .................some fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!Downloaded Penguin said:
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Christ, I remember that goal. Was that REALLY 4 years ago ? Blimey.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Without looking at that link (it probably tells us on there) was that the game where someone had to plug a bloody great big hole in the pitch with a bucket of sand?
Great at Withdean, innit? Two years of playing on a bog, win two championships. Employ a groundsman, play on a billiards table, get relegated...
Great at Withdean, innit? Two years of playing on a bog, win two championships. Employ a groundsman, play on a billiards table, get relegated...
Dover
Home at Last.
He grew up in the Maxton area of Dover. Attended Dover Grammar School for Boys, and I think his parents still live there.
saafend_seagull
Well-known member
i thought he went to school in brighton?
Dover
Home at Last.
Cut and pasted from the following..........
New Series No. 53 January 1988
THE OLD PHAROSIANS'
NEWS LETTER
CORRESPONDENCE
NEWS OF OLD PHAROSIANS
David Ellery (1966-73) continues to control professional football matches. A Devon paper includes in its report of Plymouth Argyle v. Hull—"Harrow referee David Elleray, having already booked Andy Saville for not retreating 10 yards for a free kick, flashed the yellow card when Heard again bundled Hodges over. Peter Skipper (dissent) then became his third booking in 25 minutes." There have been later newspaper references to "Mr Elleray's distaste for colourful language."
Some things have never changed......
New Series No. 53 January 1988
THE OLD PHAROSIANS'
NEWS LETTER
CORRESPONDENCE
NEWS OF OLD PHAROSIANS
David Ellery (1966-73) continues to control professional football matches. A Devon paper includes in its report of Plymouth Argyle v. Hull—"Harrow referee David Elleray, having already booked Andy Saville for not retreating 10 yards for a free kick, flashed the yellow card when Heard again bundled Hodges over. Peter Skipper (dissent) then became his third booking in 25 minutes." There have been later newspaper references to "Mr Elleray's distaste for colourful language."
Some things have never changed......
hove born&bred said:
Ah - the game where Ferret started his anti-Kuipers vendetta (later retracted when it came to light that the FDM is, in fact, an absolute legend).
Safeway
M0DERAT0R
He also reffed our game away at Bristol City in the 2001/02 season. Send Brian Tinnion off in the second half for a foul on Gary Hart as we ran out 1-0 winners.
I didn't have to visit any website to get that information, it was already there, in my BRAIN.
I didn't have to visit any website to get that information, it was already there, in my BRAIN.
AZ Gull
@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
According to that report, Kuipers own goal was the first Albion had conceded in almost exactly 600 hours. Now that's what I call a defence.
Robot Chicken
Seriously?
Safeway said:He also reffed our game away at Bristol City in the 2001/02 season. Send Brian Tinnion off in the second half for a foul on Gary Hart as we ran out 1-0 winners.
I didn't have to visit any website to get that information, it was already there, in my BRAIN.
Oh yeah? Did your BRAIN also remember these facts about that same game?
bhaexpress
New member
I was at the Bristol game and have to say that Elleray gave a text book performance.
Safeway
M0DERAT0R
Downloaded Penguin said:Oh yeah? Did your BRAIN also remember these facts about that same game?
No, because I'm not a completely sad **** (I was also very, very drunk that day).
bhaexpress, you are correct, it was a very good performance. You can definitely tell when a ref from a higher league is in charge. During the same season Uriah Rene (sp?) officiated our game away at Huddersfield and apart from playing waaaay too much injury time, you couldn't fault him either.