Among eight football referees who sailed from Southampton yesterday (Thursday) is Mr C Dean of Watford.

The referees will spend a year in the Argentine and are making the trip at the invitation of the Argentine Government. They will introduce British methods of control in league games and other matches.

[From the Watford Observer of March 12, 1948]

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