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A number of sports historians, including the Turek biographer Werner Raupp, tend to assume that the goal was a regular goal. Raupp refers to the German
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Finals. In the first of these he appeared in the opening fixture, and in the second took charge of the
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and began his refereeing career in 1934 in local leagues. Within five seasons he was appointed to
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in the final. In the closing minutes of the match, and with the score at 3-2 to the
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to equalise from a free-kick awarded just outside the penalty area.
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He was the first Welshman to referee an international at
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Mervyn "Sandy" Griffiths

Abertillery
Monmouthshire
Wales
Teacher
WW2
Football League
Linesman
Referee
FIFA
Welsh
football
referee
Abertillery
Monmouthshire
teacher
Devon
Newport
the Football League
linesman
England
Scotland
1953 FA Cup Final
Matthews Final
Stan Mortensen
1950
1954
1958 World Cup
semi-final

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