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Uriah Rennie dead

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  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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  2. Bucky1989

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    That’s no age that

    RIP
     
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  3. C Montgomery Burns

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    RIP Uriah, very sad to hear.
     
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  4. Richie

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    Sad news that.
    I remember seeing an interview with him a while back, and he came across as a genuinely nice bloke.

    R.I.P. Uriah.
     
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    Rip
     
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    RIP Uriah. Thanks for sending off Shearer that time. Was hilarious
     
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    RIP Uriah
     
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    RIP fella. 65 is no age at all, my memory of him was that he was a pretty decent ref back in the day.
     
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    RIP the big homie
     
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    RIP lad…god bless. I know he had some health issues that incapacitated him but he seemed to have the fight in him to do his best to live with it but didn’t see this on the radar. Tell god if he doesn’t keep us up next season he’s getting a straight red.
     
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    RIP Uriah lad.
     
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    RIP. A very decent referee from what I remember
     
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    Sad news.
     
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    So sad, he was a real character
    RIP Uriah
     
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  16. Young Ted

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    RIP Uriah sad news
     
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    One of the better refs, took no rubbish of anyone, RIP fella.
     
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    RIP Uriah

    Remember being there when he sent Keane off at the SoL
     
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    RIP sir. Definitely one of the refs that you didn't go 'Oh God' when you saw he was doing our match. Just went along with the game and did a solid job.

    Didn't realise what a pioneer he was at the time. Some nice quotes in here:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0mr7xlmkxyo

    ...Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Hackett said: "He had stature and presence on the field of play and he was quite a gentleman off it. He was quiet but efficient in what he did. He was superbly fit. He had a black belt in one of the martial arts and I often watched him sprint, make a decision, players looking around him trying to have a go at the referee and he'd tap them on the shoulder and say 'look I'm here, I've seen it' and he would get a smile. He was a terrific communicator but quietly spoken, hardly ever lost his cool in any situation and understood the game really well."
     
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