Barding, the referee - any programmes welcome...

[yachtsmun]

Now this is a proper long shot, but you never know...

I have a pal who lost his Dad a few years ago. His dad was a ref/lino but my mate hasn't really got anything from his football career to remember him by (lots of other stuff, but football was a big part of his life).

If I could find a programme featuring his old chap in the middle or on the line I reckon it'd mean the world to him.

The details I have are sketchy - like I say, a long shot - but this is what I have:
Name: Lewis George Barding (but don't know if he went by Lewis, Lew, George...)
From: Exeter or thereabouts
Level: Definitely football league as a lino, possibly as ref also. Did lots of non-league in the South-West also.
Era: Early-60's to Early-80's. Football League most likely the latter part of that time, but nothing definite.

So yeah, it's unlikely that even amongst the dedicated stat-keepers here his name would crop up in your records (I've found nothing online), but if you ever do happen to come across a programme (any programme) with his name in, drop me a line would you?

Cheers,

Toby.
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[pafcprogs]

I'll have a look...was I the only person who read Barding as a verb until I read the message and thought it was going to be about articles waxing lyrical re refs ??
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[yachtsmun]

pafcprogs wrote:

I'll have a look...was I the only person who read Barding as a verb until I read the message and thought it was going to be about articles waxing lyrical re refs ??

That would be brilliant - many thanks for that.

You're probably right about the misleading thread title. I might see if I can edit it to put a comma in
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[Pete’s Picture Palace]

pafcprogs wrote:

I'll have a look...was I the only person who read Barding as a verb until I read the message and thought it was going to be about articles waxing lyrical re refs ??

No, I assumed it was a West Country or Wightian word (is that a word?) for a form of abuse.

[yachtsmun]

Pete’s Picture Palace wrote:

No, I assumed it was a West Country or Wightian word (is that a word?) for a form of abuse.

Wightian's not a word, no - not sure there is one to express that kind of local origin. Wightish? Never heard it.

I find the notion of using "Barding" to define a form of abuse as quite appealing. However, we have no need for such a word over here as we are unfailingly respectful of the officials on all occasions.

(Sort of) interestingly, there is a linguistic link between the I.W. and the West Country when it comes to football - these are the only two places I've ever heard "windy" in common usage to describe a dodgy keeper.
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[Pete’s Picture Palace]

I remember shouting "Windy" at some visiting keepers at Selhurst Park back in the day, like just after they'd dropped a cross or were taking a goal kick. So maybe not just IOW & Western.

[yachtsmun]

Pete’s Picture Palace wrote:

I remember shouting "Windy" at some visiting keepers at Selhurst Park back in the day, like just after they'd dropped a cross or were taking a goal kick. So maybe not just IOW & Western.

Really? interesting - maybe the primary factor in common usage is temporal - rather than geographical - then. People often suggest the IW is stuck in the past, or lagging behind the mainland at least. In some ways that's definitely true...

I rather like it as a term, I must say. But then I'm nothing if not parochial.
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[pafcprogs]

This thread has gone from etymological to temporal....which is pretty good for a programme about forums ( fora?? Forii?)

I think Windy was replaced by the ubiquitous "Dodgy keeper"....reckon it died out in the eighties

But I do recall it as a useful adjective sadly applicable to a number of Argyle keepers but most notably Neil Ramsbottom, subject of a controversial player of the year win when a local newsagent and personal friend conducted a vote gathering effort in his High Street shops to make sure he won....

Simpler times
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[yachtsmun]

pafcprogs wrote:

I think Windy was replaced by the ubiquitous "Dodgy keeper"....reckon it died out in the eighties Simpler times

I was pretty regular on the Devvy End from 91-94 and definitely heard it a good few times there - might just have been the Cornish fans who smoked pot all through the game and wore seventies silk scarves religiously (there's that temporal thing again...)
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[pafcprogs]

I'd evacuated the area by then so had to make do with away matches...

I had a silk scarf though

Peter
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