Harry Worrall aged 86, from Wolverhampton has been a referee for 58 year and is still going strong!

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Harry Worrall aged 86, from Wolverhampton has been a referee for 58 year and is still going strong. Harry talks about his some of his favourite memories.

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00:00Okay then Harry, so you've been a referee for, was it 58 years? 58. 58 years and

00:07you've, how old are you now, 86? 86. Goodness me, and you're still reffing

00:12aren't you? Well I did eventually say I was packing it in. Yeah. But I've had a

00:18phone call this morning saying they're short of referees and they'd like me back

00:22refereeing again. Goodness. So I should be having a match on Saturday. Yeah, yeah,

00:27Criker, so you're never gonna give up are you? Well no, I'll keep enjoying it so I'll keep

00:32going. That's it. As long as the old eggs stand out I'll keep going. That's it, so

00:36Criker. So as I say, you started in 1966. Yes. What was the first match you reffed?

00:41I refereed Star Aluminium. Right. That was the first team I played for and

00:46there's the first team I refereed. Criker, and you've got a, you must have some

00:52memories being as you've been reffing for so long. Oh yeah. So what would you

00:56say is your most favourite match do you think? The one I enjoyed was I went to

01:00Wembley and did a Coca-Cola tournament final. Fantastic. And the other one I had

01:05I remembered very well and it was a good laugh, I really enjoyed it.

01:09Alex Hamill was the referee, he was doing a Wolverhampton Wanderers pre-season

01:17fight match down at Willingham Town. Yeah. And at half time he said to me, he says,

01:22right on you go. I got on and at the end of the game Alex said to me, he said, I sat

01:28by the manager and they didn't even know which swap referees. Well even the players didn't

01:34really. Nobody, well the players probably did, but the manager didn't. Really? Steve

01:40Daly played in that one and he remembered. Yeah, yeah, goodness me. And you've reffed Wayne

01:45Rooney as well haven't you? Yes. When was that do you think? That was, oh that was early on

01:51that was. Yeah. It was school boys, I played Wolverhampton school boys against

01:57Liverpool school boys. Yeah. And I noticed on the team sheet that Wayne Rooney was

02:03top of the list on there. Goodness me. And did he stand out at the time? I don't

02:07suppose you realised? I don't realise, I just took it as normal with just one team

02:12against another. Nobody really stood out to let me know. No, no. So you say you're

02:17reffing on Saturday again? Yeah, hopefully yes. Goodness me. Do you think you'll ever

02:21stop then? Well if my legs keep going, I'll keep going. Fantastic. So yeah, no problems.

02:28Lovely to meet you anyway Ira. I'm glad I've met you as well Tim.

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