Ken Dagnall
Kenneth Dagnall (30 January 1921 – March 1995)
Career
As a referee he worked his way through the Lancashire Combination to ultimately reach the Football League,[3] initially as a linesman in 1954 and then promoted to the Referees List only one year later.[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.[2] He reached the international list by 1962. He took charge of two matches in the 1966 World Cup. The first was the 3–1 win by Hungary over Brazil in Group C at Goodison Park, Liverpool, on 15 July 1966.[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
References
- ^ Birthdate confirmation: zerozero.eu website.
- ^ a b c Mention of his death[permanent dead link] and latter place of residence: article at the ChorleyCitizen.co.uk website.
- ^ a b Burnley vs Everton football programme referee profile p4, 30 December 1967
- ^ Football League Handbooks, 1954-1955 and 1955-1956
- the National Archiveswebsite.
- ^ 1966 World Cup, Hungary v. Brazil: PlanetWorldCup.com website.
- ^ 1966 World Cup, Portugal v. Soviet Union: PlanetWorldCup.com website.
- ^ 1967 FA Cup Final Archived 10 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Spurs v. Chelsea: FA-CupFinals.co.uk website.
- ^ reported in the Football League Review, volume 3, issue 14, November 1968