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Promotor and collector of all things referee. My book & magazine collection: https://www.libib.com/u/benbalin
Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉
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Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉
Amateur mushroom photographer
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Repeating this:
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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Puzzle #883
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No math, fortunately. Lots of Latin today, though. And I’m here for it!
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Puzzle #883
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Puzzle #883
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No math, fortunately. Lots of Latin today, though. And I’m here for it!
Wordle 1.605 4/6
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Four. Had I followed my guts, it would have been three. Leaves me feeling catty.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Wordle 1.605 4/6
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Four. Had I followed my guts, it would have been three. Leaves me feeling catty.
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@kenstephenson.bsky.social Here's another mention of David Richardson, Ken.
OTD 1974 Div 2 Orient 1-1 Cardif City Att 6,412 #LOFC Queen #cardiffcity Dwyer
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@kenstephenson.bsky.social Here's another mention of David Richardson, Ken.
The #referee is Aurelio Angonese (Italy).
#England v #Yugoslavia, international friendly, October 1972.
#BobbyMoore and #DraganDžajić.
@refbooks.bsky.social
#BobbyMoore and #DraganDžajić.
@refbooks.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The #referee is Aurelio Angonese (Italy).
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November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Puzzle #882
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Well, I guess so. What the heck is ‘pufnstuf’, though?
Puzzle #882
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Well, I guess so. What the heck is ‘pufnstuf’, though?
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Puzzle #882
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November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Op 9 november 1973 speelde het Nederlands vrouwenelftal in Engeland de eerste interland, die door de KNVB werd erkend.
Op 9 november 2025 plaats ik een kleurenfilm op Sportgeschiedenis van de laatste trainingen van Oranje voor die historische wedstrijd. Het Engelse team is hier ook op te zien.
Op 9 november 2025 plaats ik een kleurenfilm op Sportgeschiedenis van de laatste trainingen van Oranje voor die historische wedstrijd. Het Engelse team is hier ook op te zien.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Op 9 november 1973 speelde het Nederlands vrouwenelftal in Engeland de eerste interland, die door de KNVB werd erkend.
Op 9 november 2025 plaats ik een kleurenfilm op Sportgeschiedenis van de laatste trainingen van Oranje voor die historische wedstrijd. Het Engelse team is hier ook op te zien.
Op 9 november 2025 plaats ik een kleurenfilm op Sportgeschiedenis van de laatste trainingen van Oranje voor die historische wedstrijd. Het Engelse team is hier ook op te zien.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Two more books added to my collection (www.libib.com/u/benbalin).
Árbitro, Cabrón! is a Spanish coming-of-age novel about a young #referee, written by a former ref.
L'Uomo Nero is an Italian exposé by former top ref Claudio Gavillucci, about the hardships of being a top ref.
Árbitro, Cabrón! is a Spanish coming-of-age novel about a young #referee, written by a former ref.
L'Uomo Nero is an Italian exposé by former top ref Claudio Gavillucci, about the hardships of being a top ref.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Two more books added to my collection (www.libib.com/u/benbalin).
Árbitro, Cabrón! is a Spanish coming-of-age novel about a young #referee, written by a former ref.
L'Uomo Nero is an Italian exposé by former top ref Claudio Gavillucci, about the hardships of being a top ref.
Árbitro, Cabrón! is a Spanish coming-of-age novel about a young #referee, written by a former ref.
L'Uomo Nero is an Italian exposé by former top ref Claudio Gavillucci, about the hardships of being a top ref.
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Puzzle #881
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Did this on my iPad. Just putting it out there, or is that a stopgap? Not a linguist…
Puzzle #881
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November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Puzzle #881
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Puzzle #881
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Wordle 1.603 3/6
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November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Wordle 1.603 3/6
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@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup
In late March 1938, around ten weeks before the World Cup was due to begin, the Austrian soccer federation sent a telegram to FIFA. “Sorry to cancel World Cup enrolment,” it read. “Austrian footbal…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
Today I added over 30 copies (from the 1940s and 1950s) of L'Arbitro to my collection of #referee magazines, including a number of international copies. L'Arbitro is the magazine of the Italian Referees Association, the AIA. It's been published since 1926 and runs to this day.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Today I added over 30 copies (from the 1940s and 1950s) of L'Arbitro to my collection of #referee magazines, including a number of international copies. L'Arbitro is the magazine of the Italian Referees Association, the AIA. It's been published since 1926 and runs to this day.
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Ik heb deze website gebruikt om te laten zien welke partij in welke stembureaus minstens het dubbele van de landelijke resultaten heeft behaald.
Een draadje met 18 kaarten. Tip: Misschien willen jullie de helderheid iets verhogen.
Een draadje met 18 kaarten. Tip: Misschien willen jullie de helderheid iets verhogen.
#Uitslagen | Hoe heeft mijn buurt gestemd? 💧Verkiezingsuitslagen per stembureau: www.watstemmenwij.nl/verkiezing/2...
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ik heb deze website gebruikt om te laten zien welke partij in welke stembureaus minstens het dubbele van de landelijke resultaten heeft behaald.
Een draadje met 18 kaarten. Tip: Misschien willen jullie de helderheid iets verhogen.
Een draadje met 18 kaarten. Tip: Misschien willen jullie de helderheid iets verhogen.
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@refbooks.bsky.social & @refereeretro.bsky.social #Referee John Homewood sending off Birmingham's Archie Styles for stamping on an opponent in a Man U V Birmingham match in 1975-76 before the days of yellow & red cards in English football.
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@refbooks.bsky.social & @refereeretro.bsky.social #Referee John Homewood sending off Birmingham's Archie Styles for stamping on an opponent in a Man U V Birmingham match in 1975-76 before the days of yellow & red cards in English football.
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A #referee I vaguely recognise but I cannot put a name to - from 1975-76 the match is Middlesbrough V Newcastle a dramatic 3-3 draw with 2 late Newcastle goals to pinch a point. @refbooks.bsky.social & @refereeretro.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A #referee I vaguely recognise but I cannot put a name to - from 1975-76 the match is Middlesbrough V Newcastle a dramatic 3-3 draw with 2 late Newcastle goals to pinch a point. @refbooks.bsky.social & @refereeretro.bsky.social
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Puzzle #880
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November 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Puzzle #880
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I’m sat in my checkered pj’s, having some guacamole on a grape donut.
Wordle 1.602 4/6
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November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Four. Not a beat-the-devil score but six was never a danger either.
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Puzzle #879
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November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Puzzle #879
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