VETERAN referee Peter White has given all match officials the secret behind his amazing career - make sure you cut out the swearing!
The former Football League official celebrated his 74th birthday last weekend by refereeing a match at Fleming Park in Eastleigh.
That was the same venue he had begun his reffing career exactly 50 years previously!
White's remarkable career was featured in the Daily Echo last Saturday.
Today, the Lymington-based official - Hampshire CCC's scorer when they last won the championship in 1973 and a former Southampton Open bowls champion too - reveals that ordering players to cut out the x-rated words is key to keeping control.
Full story in today's Daily Echo
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