Bang on, Rocky. For all his faults (and there were many), Holdsworth wasn't too bad. Pantomime villain sums him up perfectly.
Another on my hatelist would be Gerry Kershaw, nasty scrawny little man.

Hows Russell doing is he still reffing in Oz

Bob Jackson once told me that all the players liked Holdsworth as he was fair and wouldn't stand any messing about.
I think most fans hated him for his posturing and flailing arms when indicating a decision.
Always remember him stooping to pick up a water bottle to have a swig just as John Woods was trotting back after kicking a conversion. Woodsy kicked the bottle off the floor about 30 foot down the pitch just as Holdsworth was about to pick it up. Everyone was laughing. Always thought Holdsworth was a decent ref and bloke. Smith was a completely different kind of ref, maybe it's me but I can't remember a decent game he was in charge of. His games were slow and littered with petulant penalties.

add to that stan wall...more sense out of a brick wall

He certainly had something against Warrington, a very bitter man.

no defo billy thompson..the funny thing about him getting a police escort off the pitch..it just left 2 sets of nutters to have a massive free for all on the pitch and on the terraces which then spilled onto the streets..i remember phil ford having a try chalked off from a ken kelly kick thru which struck a hull player.fordy picked the ball up and scored behind the posts at the fletcher end..even the hull players new it was a try..barsteward

Yeah, MKC, definately was Biased Billy that day. It was the most BIASED performance I've ever seen, before or since. Wilderspool was full to bursting that day, 11,500 approx in there.
I still remember listening to Radio Manchester that morning, when they announced Hesford had pulled out of the game. GUTTED. Ahh well, at least 'Ull got beat in the final, to stop the RFL's pro Hull stance at the time.

Yeah, DUKE still stands the test of time. Probably their last GREAT album. There's been some high spots since, but a little too commercial for my liking. Ho-hum.

Who remembers the linesman suffering an electric shock when his stud punctured the power cable in the TV loom? I think the game was Wire v Widnes.
By the way, anyone singing the virtues of anything by Genesis need their bumps feeling!

We've had a few OK officials too. Always thought Ray Tennant was reasonable. Russell Smith wasn't that bad on the whole, apart from THAT match. It cost me £300, as i'd had a few sheckles on us to win the league that season, at 50/1.DAMN

More numpties would include Colin Morriss - he even managed to balls-up that pretend rugby game they had in Emmerdale years ago. My missus got me to watch.
The Connolly sisters

OOOOIIIII SIDEBURNS. NNNOOOO. The mighty Genesis are not to be knocked. Untrendy, yes, but brilliant musicians. Susanna Reid is coming round later to feel my bumps!! (I hope).

Colin Morris reffed a game involving Halifax a few years back when he didn't give a single penalty during the game... John Holdsworth was always listed as being from Kippax which allowed him to referee Leeds matches much to the ire of the opposing fans.

Robin Whitfield was one I remember not being over popular with the Wire fans when we had him...

Holdsworth used to get Wembley every year, either him or Ray Tenant. Fred Lindop used to tell them "if you can referee at Warrington you can referee anywhere". Warringtons own Kenny Spencer sin binned Colin WHitfield once for taking too long on a goal kick.

Another shuddering blast from the past there, Mr Piano. Robin Whitfield. He wouldn't give us a cold, let alone a penalty. Wasn't Colin his brother?
Ronnie Campbell was one who I remember had his parentage questioned, several times.