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It was a great learning experience into the world of professional football. There were so many good players there, Dougie Alder, Harry Cripps, Brian King, Dennis Burnett, I could go on and on!
What an apprenticeship, you could not get it better at any other club.
The fans giving me that nickname was special. That is why it is the title of my Autobiography was ‘MERLIN’.
I can still hear Benny Fenton’s word, Son you just go out and play, I am offering you a contract.
In November 1975 you left to join Manchester United. Were you nervous about the step up to a big club?
Yes! As I had never lived outside of London, and going to one of the biggest clubs in Football, you bet I was!
United reached the FA Cup Final in your first season at the club and you bagged both of the goals in the Semi Final. Was that Semi Final the proudest moment of your career?
No, signing for Millwall was my proudest moment, what with it being my first professional contract, and I was proud of myself.
Of course scoring 2 goals ranks up at the top and must do for any young player, again with one of the best clubs.
United unexpectedly lost the Final to Second Division
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Pat Partridge
English football referee (1933–2014)
For the American military officer, see Earle E. Partridge.
Patrick Partridge (30 June 1933 – 31 October 2014) was an Englishfootballreferee, and former President of the Association of Football League Referees and Linesmen.[2] His occupation outside football was as a farmer.[3]
Early years
[edit]He originated from Billingham, County Durham, and had the same name as his father, Patrick Partridge, MBE.
Career
[edit]He first became a referee in 1953, with the Durham County FA. During his period of compulsory National Service (1954–1956), he registered as an Army referee; during a military posting to Hong Kong, he was allowed to officiate in that country's Third and Fourth Divisions. Partridge returned to England and, for a short time from 1957, was appointed to referee games in the now-defunct North Eastern League. Following its disbandment in 1958, he moved to the Northern League to develop his career further. He was accepted as a Football Leaguelinesman for the 1965-66 season, and progressed to become a Football League referee in the following year.
In his 1979 co-authored biography with John Gibson, he recalled his first ever top-class Football League match as man-in-the-middle, when
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