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Doug Allec

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The author of The Ref has led a chequered life. Born into poverty in South East London, England, in the 1940s. Educated at West Square School in Westminster, London, he became a successful athlete, excelling in track running but declined an invitation to join the Gordon Pirie running club to join a local professional football club. In his adult life he went on to work successfully in commerce.

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“A man once told me that in this business, all roads lead to Ramsgate. And it is complete nonsense. Hardly any roads lead to Ramsgate. Perhaps he was suggesting there isn’t much of a choice in any of this, but I don’t believe that either. Life is simply a series of choices. And a person ends up exactly where they’re meant
to. Before then, all we’ve got are choices.”
― Doug Allec, The Ref

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“The Ref doesn’t choose his people for raw talent. Talent is cheap in a city like London—floating in gyms, scattered through the forces of life, hiding behind bar taps and betting slips. No, he choses something rarer.”
― Doug Allec, The Ref

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