Quote ="griffax"Wasnt Campbell on St's books as a kid as a winger? (or could have been Widnes). I agree, he was truly shocking!'"
He did indeed play for Saints. Many referee's of yester-year had previously turned to reffing due to their playing careers ending one way or another. Whitfield springs to mind, Ronnie Campbell, Russ Smith amongst others.
With the professional season reaching the play-off stage at all levels now, there should only be the full time guys taking the whistle, they are the game's elite and they should be in charge of the season's most crucial games, no arguement.