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One of football fans’ most common complaints about referees is how unapproachable they seem: they rarely explain controversial decisions and can come across as equally aloof as the multimillion- pound players whose careers they’re in charge of for 90 minutes a week. Yet, if veteran Premier League ref Jon Moss is anything to go by, away from the pitch the man in the middle is actually a normal bloke.
In July, Moss and his wife Julie opened The Vinyl Whistle, a small but welcoming second-hand shop in Leeds’ student district Headingley. Its stock is testament to Moss’ passion for indie – he’s such an Oasis fan that The Vinyl Whistle must be the only record shop witha section devoted to Proud Mary, the long-forgotten Oldham rockers briefly signed to Noel Gallagher’s Sour Mash label. It’s not just indie big hitters Moss admires. He names newcomers Dylan John Thomas and Yellow Daze as current favourites, while his most recent gig was fast-rising local trio Working Men’s Club (“They’re from Todmorden, where I used to teach, so I was naturally drawn to them,” notes Moss, a former headmaster).
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