He was asked not to disclose the full details of the conversation.
Then, for months afterwards, lots of people who barely knew him asked him over and over again to get in touch with the ref again and to tell them what he said.
He would do so, in good faith. But then people would moan at him and demand more information.
Eventually, the ref stopped talking to him about the incident.
Was it recorded whether Wally Hayward or Keith Greene remained alive in the immediate aftermath of their feats?
I think Ian McCall of Glasgow Rangers would have been mightily put out at the suggestion he would bother taking his boots off, before using the hammer on them.
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Then, for months afterwards, lots of people who barely knew him asked him over and over again to get in touch with the ref again and to tell them what he said.
He would do so, in good faith. But then people would moan at him and demand more information.
Eventually, the ref stopped talking to him about the incident.
And the takeover slowly rumbled on.