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On March 14, 1936, Bradford City AFC and Doncaster Rovers FC were prepared to face each other in the English Second Division. The two teams were on the field, but the game was delayed: One of the line judges hadn’t shown up at Valley Parade. The referee in charge of the match tried to find a replacement, but there was no one in the area who would agree to act as an assistant. When the referee announced that the match would be canceled, the visiting player George Flowers—who had traveled as a substitute but had been left off the field, since changes were not authorized at that time—offered to replace the absentee assistant referee. At the end of the game, the Doncaster players weren’t too pleased with their partner Flowers. First, because they had lost 3 to 1 without any help from him; second, because they returned home with less money in their pockets than their pal—they had received 1 pound and 10 shillings each for having been defeated, while Flowers was paid a regular lineman’s salary for a match of 1 pound, 11 shillings, and 6 pennies.