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Eric Thomas Jennings (22 January 1923 - June 1988) was an English football referee, who operated in the Football League and for FIFA. In his refereeing years he was based in Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Outside football he was employed as a technical representative for a water treatment company (FA Cup Final programme 1970, p12-13). ==Career== Jennings was promoted to the Football League referees List in 1954, aged only 31. By the mid-1960s he was a leading English official and this was marked by his ascendancy to the FIFA List in 1966. His experience of officiating between nations was limited mainly to friendly matches, which included East Germany's 2-0 win against Romania at the Stadion der Freundschaft on 21 September 1966,〔(East Germany v. Romania ), friendly match, 1966: ''srcf.ucam.org'' statistical website.〕 and the 2-2 draw between the Republic of Ireland and Poland at Dalymount Park on 15 May 1968.〔(Republic of Ireland v. Poland ), friendly match, 1968: ''srcf.ucam.org'' statistical website.〕 He also handled games in the Home International competition of the time, such as Northern Ireland versus Scotland at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 18 April 1970.〔(Home Internationals ), Northern Ireland v. Scotland, 1970: ''rsssf'' statistical website.〕 On 13 November 1968 he went to Amsterdam to referee Ajax versus Fenerbahçe in a European Cup second round tie,〔(Ajax v. Fenerbahce ), European Cup 2nd round, 1968: soccerbase.com website.〕 but bettered this later that season on 13 April 1969 with a return to the Dutch club for its semi-final against Spartak Trnava.〔(Ajax v. Spartak Trnava ), European cup semi-final, 1969: soccerbase.com website.〕 The following season (1969-70) was his last before retirement, and he was awarded the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Leeds at Wembley on 11 April 1970 as the climax to his long and successful career. This game ended in a draw,〔(Match details ), FA Cup Final 1970: soccerbase.com website.〕 and in those days a replay was required. However, it was remarked in a newspaper article that the replay〔(Match details ), Final replay, 1970: soccerbase.com website.〕 at Old Trafford on 29 April 1970 was disfigured by "undertones of violence...not helped by inefficient refereeing" and that "Jennings was a figure of bland indifference as players went over the ball, and as others fell before crushingly illegal challenges",〔(Article on the 1970 FA Cup Final replay ): The Independent website (20 December 1999), via the ''FindArticles'' service. 〕 booking just one player, Ian Hutchinson.〔(Only one caution ) in a "war-like" FA Cup Final replay, 1970: The Independent website (4 March 2006), via the ''FindArticles'' service. 〕 It was to be another seven years until the Final was given to a referee in his retirement season, when Bob Matthewson handled the Manchester United versus Liverpool game. Jennings' career also overlapped with another top League and FIFA referee from his home town - Ken Burns. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eric Jennings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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