Hi name cropped up in discussion in our house. General agreement that neither Barnsley fans or Wednesday fans liked him much. I had the dubious pleasure of meeting him on a few occasions back in the 80s, when I worked at Oakwell. Got to say he was equally annoying in person. I always remember when real celebrities (like Charlie Williams) came in, and were polite, friendly and charming, and then GC used to come in with an air of "I'm here, roll out the red carpet.... " He used to tell everyone that the game won't happen without him - which was true, but it also wouldn't happen without the club doctor, safety officer etc - none of whom felt the need to tell everyone. I can see him now playing up to the crowd. Just looked him up on Wiki. He's in his late 70s. He looked about 55+ in 1987!
I liked him. He came up to me and my dad outside of Oakwell once and gave us some complimentaries. I can also remember him ignoring that blatant handball by Andy Saville which resulted in John Deehan's equaliser v Leeds in the FA Cup.
Had a look at games he reffed of us and found this https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spielbericht/index/spielbericht/2635941
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...ge&q=george courtney barnsley matches&f=false https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1...rd-i-should-ref-the-barnsley-match-teesside-s https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...ge&q=george courtney barnsley matches&f=false Some good stories there. So when we lost 4-0 at Leeds the lino was Jeff Winter, who Courtney doesn't appear to like because of the ribbing he got.
