Mike Fenton recalls his days as a referee – and wonders what could have been…
THE MAN IN BLACK

Ready for action: Mike Fenton in his refereeing days

IALWAYS wanted to be involved in football in some way and realised painfully early that I would never be good enough to play at any level above the public parks.
I was never more than a clogger centre- back in the training college 2nd XI, so during the Spring of 1973 I decided to take a referees’ training course when I was a young teacher in Slough.
I’d always taken a great interest in the performance of referees and,...