Clive Bradley White (born 2 May 1940[1]) is a retiredEnglishfootballreferee fromHarrow,Middlesex.
White madethe Football League referees list at the age of thirty three in 1973, after four years as alinesman. He made rapid progress, was senior linesman at the 1977 FA Cup Final and was appointed to theFIFA Panel in Summer 1977.[2] He achieved the honour of refereeing the1982 FA Cup Final, featuring two London clubs,Tottenham Hotspur andQPR. He also handled the subsequent replay, eventually awarding Tottenham thepenalty with which they won the Cup.[3]
He then went on to referee in the1982 World Cup Finals inSpain. He featured in three matches - refereeing the first round Group C match betweenBelgium andHungary, which ended 1–1,[4] and acting as a linesman for the first round Group F game when theSoviet Union beatNew Zealand 3–0[5] and for the goalless draw betweenPoland and the Soviet Union in the second round.[6]
At this stage White seemed to have marked himself out as the leading English referee with potentially another six years before retirement. However, soon after, he was convicted of deception[7] and resigned from the League list on 30 July 1982.[citation needed]
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