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Promotor and collector of all things referee. My book & magazine collection: https://www.libib.com/u/benbalin
Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉
Amateur mushroom photographer
Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉
Amateur mushroom photographer
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Puzzle #901
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The English language never ceases to amaze.
Puzzle #901
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November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Puzzle #901
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Puzzle #901
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Wordle 1.623 5/6
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Argh! When you think you got it and there’s another option you hadn’t thought of. Enough to give you a bellyache!
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Wordle 1.623 5/6
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Argh! When you think you got it and there’s another option you hadn’t thought of. Enough to give you a bellyache!
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Some of the nicest fungi to photograph are the most common. Golden scruffy aka #Cyptotrama aspratum are a reliable way to make you glad you left the house :)
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Some of the nicest fungi to photograph are the most common. Golden scruffy aka #Cyptotrama aspratum are a reliable way to make you glad you left the house :)
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Nieuw verhaal chrisklomp.nl/een-extra-la... je wordt tegenwoordig bijkans gestenigd als je nuances plaatst, maar toch maar gedaan. Over het geschreeuw over monsters rond de moord op Lisa, schijnoplossingen en het domme getetter van Angela de Jong.
Een extra lantaarnpaal na de dood van Lisa - Chris Klomp
Sinds de tragische en brute dood van de 17-jarige Lisa afgelopen zomer hebben meerdere gemeenten maatregelen getroffen om de veiligheid van vrouwen en meisjes op straat te vergroten. Zo was maandag te...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nieuw verhaal chrisklomp.nl/een-extra-la... je wordt tegenwoordig bijkans gestenigd als je nuances plaatst, maar toch maar gedaan. Over het geschreeuw over monsters rond de moord op Lisa, schijnoplossingen en het domme getetter van Angela de Jong.
In the centre, the #referee and his linesmen, all from Brazil: Armando Nunes Castanheira da Rosa Marques in the middle, flanked by Agomar Martins Röhrig and later World Cup final referee (1982) Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho.
#Peru v #Chile, World Cup qualifier played on 29 April 1973 and won by the Peruvians 2-0, in the return match in Santiago the Chileans won with the same score and went to the play-off in Montevideo which was won 2-1 by Chile.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In the centre, the #referee and his linesmen, all from Brazil: Armando Nunes Castanheira da Rosa Marques in the middle, flanked by Agomar Martins Röhrig and later World Cup final referee (1982) Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho.
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Puzzle #900
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Pfff.. I suppose I have a different computer than the makers
Puzzle #900
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Pfff.. I suppose I have a different computer than the makers
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Puzzle #900
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Pfff.. I suppose I have a different computer than the makers
Puzzle #900
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Pfff.. I suppose I have a different computer than the makers
Wordle 1.622 3/6
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Good, a three to compensate for yesterday’s five. It’s my responsibility to keep scores down.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Wordle 1.622 3/6
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Good, a three to compensate for yesterday’s five. It’s my responsibility to keep scores down.
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Good, a three to compensate for yesterday’s five. It’s my responsibility to keep scores down.
Those black socks with the white turnovers cling to the calves of #referee José Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain).
An injured #Pelé grimaces in pain while he appeals to the referee in the 1970 semifinal between #Brazil and #Uruguay in Guadalajara.
#Worldcup1970 #1970worldcup.
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#Worldcup1970 #1970worldcup.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Those black socks with the white turnovers cling to the calves of #referee José Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain).
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Puzzle #899
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Blue quite America-centric. IRAs are for catholics only?
Puzzle #899
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November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Puzzle #899
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Puzzle #899
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Wordle 1.621 4/6
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November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Wordle 1.621 4/6
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Four. Like I said the other day; I’ll never get rich enough from Wordle to move out of my dump of a place
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Puzzle #898
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Not a happy camper. Or one of the Merry Men, let alone a Laughing Cavalier.
Puzzle #898
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Not a happy camper. Or one of the Merry Men, let alone a Laughing Cavalier.
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Puzzle #898
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Puzzle #898
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Not a happy camper. Or one of the Merry Men, let alone a Laughing Cavalier.
Wordle 1.620 5/6
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Five. I invoke the Fifth!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Wordle 1.620 5/6
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Five. I invoke the Fifth!
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Woensdag 3/12 in de Rijnstraat, Amsterdam!
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Woensdag 3/12 in de Rijnstraat, Amsterdam!
Volgens mij heb ik als jongeling (waar blijft de tijd?) hem wel eens gelezen. Een soort Wondersloffen van Sjakie-verhalen, geloof ik.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Volgens mij heb ik als jongeling (waar blijft de tijd?) hem wel eens gelezen. Een soort Wondersloffen van Sjakie-verhalen, geloof ik.
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Fabulous. Finally identified this 1925 Ref as Jack Howcroft, celeb ref of the day in natty hat. Apparently he rarely left centre circle...
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fabulous. Finally identified this 1925 Ref as Jack Howcroft, celeb ref of the day in natty hat. Apparently he rarely left centre circle...
The #referee is Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil). This was in fact the final of the tournament, won by West Germany. Remarkable, because they had only entered the tournament because the team of the Netherlands, which had qualified instead of the Germans, refused to participate.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The #referee is Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil). This was in fact the final of the tournament, won by West Germany. Remarkable, because they had only entered the tournament because the team of the Netherlands, which had qualified instead of the Germans, refused to participate.
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Puzzle #897
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Puzzle #897
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November 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Puzzle #897
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Puzzle #897
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Wordle 1.619 4/6
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November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Wordle 1.619 4/6
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Holly Parachute Fungi, Marasmius hudsonii - my first time catching up with this elusive little mushroom, and a cracker it is too
#mushrooms #mushroom #mycology #fubgifriends #fungi
#mushrooms #mushroom #mycology #fubgifriends #fungi
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Holly Parachute Fungi, Marasmius hudsonii - my first time catching up with this elusive little mushroom, and a cracker it is too
#mushrooms #mushroom #mycology #fubgifriends #fungi
#mushrooms #mushroom #mycology #fubgifriends #fungi
The #referee is Benjamin Mervin ‘Sandy’ Griffiths. The only Welshman to be in a WC final: he ran the line in the 1954 “Miracle of Berne”. He was also in the 1950 and 1958 World Cups and was the first Welshman to referee an English FA Cup, in 1953. His biography is, alas, uninspiring.
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The #referee is Benjamin Mervin ‘Sandy’ Griffiths. The only Welshman to be in a WC final: he ran the line in the 1954 “Miracle of Berne”. He was also in the 1950 and 1958 World Cups and was the first Welshman to referee an English FA Cup, in 1953. His biography is, alas, uninspiring.
That #referee is Joe Worrall.
#WolverhamptonWanderers v #AstonVilla, February 1981.
#AndyGray confronts #TonyMorley as the referee steps in to intervene.
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#AndyGray confronts #TonyMorley as the referee steps in to intervene.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
That #referee is Joe Worrall.
An addition to my postcard collection featuring #referees. From the 1910s, it does a good job showing the kit refs wore and that postcards had a hand in normalising the notion of the referee as the butt end of abuse, rightly or wrongly.
@dralexanderjackson.bsky.social @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social
@dralexanderjackson.bsky.social @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An addition to my postcard collection featuring #referees. From the 1910s, it does a good job showing the kit refs wore and that postcards had a hand in normalising the notion of the referee as the butt end of abuse, rightly or wrongly.
@dralexanderjackson.bsky.social @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social
@dralexanderjackson.bsky.social @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social
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Puzzle #896
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I’m head over heels! Does your mother know? I do, I do, I do, I do!
Puzzle #896
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I’m head over heels! Does your mother know? I do, I do, I do, I do!
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Puzzle #896
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I’m head over heels! Does your mother know? I do, I do, I do, I do!
Puzzle #896
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I’m head over heels! Does your mother know? I do, I do, I do, I do!
Wordle 1.618 4/6
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Four. Let’s seize the opportunity and dance! I call the Hop.
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Four. Let’s seize the opportunity and dance! I call the Hop.
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Wordle 1.618 4/6
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The #referee, whose head is just visible behind Marsh, is Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain).
#FCBarcelona v #ManCity, friendly game due the 75th Anniversary of #Barça, November 1974.
#RodneyMarsh and #JohanCruyff shake hands before the match.
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#RodneyMarsh and #JohanCruyff shake hands before the match.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The #referee, whose head is just visible behind Marsh, is Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain).