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William Ling (referee)

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William Ling (1 August 1908 – 8 May 1984) was an English football referee from Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, who refereed the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final. [1]

47 relations: Arthur Edward Ellis, Association football, Battle of Berne (1954 FIFA World Cup), Bernard Joy, Bertil Nordahl, Blackpool F.C., Brighton, Cambridgeshire, Civil service, England, English Football League, FA Cup Final, Ferenc Puskás, FIFA World Cup, George Reader, Germany, Germany national football team, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Gyula Grosics, Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator), Hungary national football team, Italy, Italy national football team, Jackie Milburn, Maurice Guigue, Newcastle United F.C., Offside (association football), Overtime (sports), Referee (association football), Sandy Griffiths, Sönke Wortmann, Scotland, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, Sweden national football team, United Kingdom, Vincenzo Orlandini, Wales, Wembley Stadium (1923), Willy Meisl, Yorkshire, Yugoslavia national football team, 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948–49 in English football, 1951 FA Cup Final, 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1954 FIFA World Cup Final.

Arthur Edward Ellis

Arthur Edward Ellis (8 July 1914, Halifax, West Yorkshire – 23 May 1999) was an English football referee.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Battle of Berne (1954 FIFA World Cup)

The Battle of Berne is used to refer to a football match at the 1954 World Cup between Hungary and Brazil, a quarter-final played on 27 June 1954 at the Wankdorf Stadium in Berne, Switzerland.

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Bernard Joy

Bernard Joy (29 October 1911 – 18 July 1984) was an English footballer and journalist.

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Bertil Nordahl

Bertil Nordahl (26 July 1917 – 1 December 1998) was a Swedish football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

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Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club is a professional association football club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.), is an East Anglian county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west.

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Civil service

The civil service is independent of government and composed mainly of career bureaucrats hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Football League

The English Football League (EFL) is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales.

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FA Cup Final

The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup.

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Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás (born Ferenc Purczeld; 2 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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George Reader

George Reader (22 November 1896 – 13 July 1978) was the fourth man to referee a FIFA World Cup Final, the first Englishman (one of only 10 match officials from the United Kingdom) to do so, and the oldest match official at any World Cup in history.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Germany national football team

The Germany national football team (deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) is the men's football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908.

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Gunnar Gren

Johan Gunnar Gren (31 October 1920 – 10 November 1991) was a Swedish football player and coach.

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Gunnar Nordahl

Nils Gunnar Nordahl (19 October 1921 – 15 September 1995) was a Swedish football player.

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Gyula Grosics

Gyula Grosics (4 February 1926 – 13 June 2014) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper who played 86 times for the Hungary national football team and was part of the "Golden Team" of the 1950s.

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Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator)

Herbert Zimmermann (29 November 1917 – 16 December 1966) was a popular German football commentator.

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Hungary national football team

The Hungary national football team (Magyar labdarúgó-válogatott) represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Italy national football team

The Italy national football team (Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy.

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Jackie Milburn

John Edward Thompson "Jackie" Milburn (11 May 1924 – 9 October 1988) was a football player principally associated with Newcastle United and England, though he also spent four seasons at Linfield.

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Maurice Guigue

Maurice Alexandre Guigue (August 4, 1912 – February 27, 2011) was a football referee from France, who led the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Offside (association football)

Offside is one of the laws of association football, codified in Law 11 of the Laws of the Game.

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Overtime (sports)

Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same.

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Referee (association football)

In association football, the referee is the person responsible for enforcing the Laws of the Game during the course of a match.

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Sandy Griffiths

Benjamin Mervyn "Sandy" Griffiths (17 January 1909 – 21 January 1974) was a Welsh football referee from Abertillery, Monmouthshire.

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Sönke Wortmann

Sönke Wortmann (25 August 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Stapleford, Cambridgeshire

Stapleford is a village located approximately 4 miles to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England on the right hand bank of the River Granta.

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Sweden national football team

The Sweden national football team (svenska fotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for football in Sweden.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vincenzo Orlandini

Vincenzo Orlandini (30 August 1910 – 23 October 1961) was the first Italian to officiate in a FIFA World Cup final match when he ran the line to William Ling in the 1954 World Cup final between Hungary and West Germany.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wembley Stadium (1923)

The original Wembley Stadium (formerly known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley Park, London, which stood on the same site now occupied by its successor, the new Wembley Stadium.

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Willy Meisl

Wilhelm "Willy" Meisl (26 December 1895 in Vienna – 12 June 1968 in Locarno) was an Austrian-Jewish sports journalist in the 20th century.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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Yugoslavia national football team

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941, until 1929 as Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992, until November 29, 1945 as Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, 29 November 1945–1963 as Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) in association football.

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1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom.

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1948–49 in English football

The 1948–49 season was the 69th season of competitive football in England.

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1951 FA Cup Final

The 1951 FA Cup Final was contested by Newcastle United and Blackpool at Wembley on 28 April 1951.

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1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July.

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1954 FIFA World Cup Final

The 1954 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth World Cup in FIFA history.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ling_(referee)

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