[4] During his time on the Football League List he was based in Bolton in Lancashire,[5] latterly living in the Great Lever area of the town.
[6] This was followed by the third/fourth place play-off game (or "Bronze Final") at Wembley on 28 July 1966, played between the losing semi-finalists, Portugal and the Soviet Union, and which the Portuguese won 2–1.
[7] It has been suggested that he would have instead refereed the World Cup Final of that year if England had been eliminated from the tournament.
[2] Domestically, he was then selected to handle the 1967 FA Cup Final at Wembley on 20 May 1967, when Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea by 2 goals to 1.
[8] Shortly after his retirement in 1968 he suggested in the Bolton Evening News that a band of around fifteen referees should take charge of the most important matches, allowing them a greater number of games at the top level.