Jim Finney

James Finney (17 August 1924[1] – 1 April 2008[2]) was an English football referee during the 1960s and 1970s, active on the FIFA list.

He was appointed as a linesman in the first European Nations Cup Final held in Paris in 1960, assisting Arthur Ellis.

In May 1963, Finney was also the referee during the Scotland versus Austria match at Hampden Park, which he abandoned after 79 minutes.

[6] Later he was selected as one of the English referees at the 1966 World Cup, gaining some notoriety there for his handling of the Uruguay versus West Germany quarter-final in which he sent off Horacio Troche and Héctor Silva.

However, he and his wife were seriously injured on 23 April 1971 in a car accident as they were travelling to a Preston-Aston Villa match at which he was due to officiate the following day.