Ron Challis

Ronald Challis (1932 – January 2001) was an English football referee in the Football League. During his time on the National List he was based in Tonbridge, Kent.

Career

Ron Challis became a Football League Referee in 1968 at age 35. In 1975, he was senior linesman to Pat Partridge for the FA Cup Final.^‡ He took charge of the Final itself in 1979. This match between Arsenal and Manchester United is remembered for three goals being scored in the last four minutes: Arsenal had appeared to be easing to a 2–0 win before United scored twice to level the score; however Arsenal then scored a third through Alan Sunderland to win 3–2.

He had two more years as a Football League Referee before retiring at the end of the 1980/81 season.

References

Print

• Football League Handbooks, 1968–1970
• Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1971–1981
• ^â€ÂRothmans Football Yearbook (2001), Headline, p944 (approximate birthyear and month/year of death)
• ^‡Oh, Ref!, by Pat Partridge & John Gibson, (Souvenir Press Ltd 1979),

Internet