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Football referee
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Male
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Birth:
1932
Death:
2001
The details
Biography
Introduction
Ronald Challis (born 1932, died January 2001) was an English football referee in the Football League. During his time on the National List he was based in Tonbridge, Kent.
Career
Challis became a Football League referee in 1968 at the age of only thirty five. In 1975, he was senior linesman to Pat Partridge for the FA Cup Final.‡ He took charge of the Final itself in 1979. This match between Arsenal and Manchester United is remembered for three goals being scored in the last four minutes: Arsenal had appeared to be easing to a 2-0 win before United scored twice to level the score; however Arsenal then scored a third through Alan Sunderland to win 3-2.
He had two more years as a League referee before retiring in 1981.