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VIDEO: 65-year-old Dave Mason has been a football referee in south Wales for 34 years- “I’ll keep going for as long as my legs will let me “

Dave Mason- minutes before taking charge of a football match
Dave Mason- minutes before taking charge of Panteg AFC seconds v Undy AFC

Dave Mason is starting his 34th year of being a football referee in south Wales. The 65-year-old has no intention of hanging up his red and yellow cards and plans to go on ‘as long as my legs will let me.’ He estimates he has taken charge of over 1,500 games.

As a player he represented Girlings Pontypool for 150 games before becoming a referee.

WATCH- Video interview of Dave getting ready for a match

On Saturday 26 August 2017 he was the match official for Panteg AFC seconds V Undy AFC. I met him before the match and recorded this video of him getting ready and walking out onto the pitch

 

A football referee's whistle
Dave’s whistle
Dave Mason's reminder of the sending offences
Dave Mason’s reminder of the sending offences

 

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VIDEO: 65-year-old Dave Mason has been a football referee in south Wales for 34 years- “I’ll keep going for as long as my legs will let me “

Dave Mason- minutes before taking charge of a football match
Dave Mason- minutes before taking charge of Panteg AFC seconds v Undy AFC

Dave Mason is starting his 34th year of being a football referee in south Wales. The 65-year-old has no intention of hanging up his red and yellow cards and plans to go on ‘as long as my legs will let me.’ He estimates he has taken charge of over 1,500 games.

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