Backtrack League Calls Time so It's Back to Parks for Speedy
The Northern Echo › May 06, 2005
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Backtrack bids farewell to Martin Robinson . . . the Football League's oldest assistant referee, once described as a 'oneeyed salamander practising demented semaphore signals', who retires on Sunday
FLAGGING but utterly inexhaustible, the Football League's oldest ever assistant referee reaches the end of the line on Sunday.See the full content of this document
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Backtrack League Calls Time so It's Back to Parks for Speedy
A Newcastle United fanzine once described marvellous Martin Robinson as "a one-eyed salamander practising demented semaphore signals" . . . a rare example of being as myopic as a newt . . . and we shall hear more of that very shortly.
"It's fair to say that both my body and my ears have taken a pounding, " says Martin, 49, wh...See the full content of this document
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