Career
During his refereeing career he was based in Leeds, Yorkshire, then Amersham, Buckinghamshire, and, for his final season, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Kew reached the Football League linesmen"s List in 1960 and was promoted to the referees List in 1966. In 1972-1973 he made his mark by sending off seven players, the highest ever total at the time.
In March 1974 he took charge of a quite extraordinary and controversial quarter-final between Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest (then in the old Division 2).
The Midlands side were already 2-1 up when Kew awarded them a penalty and then sent off Newcastle defender Pat Howard for his protests. Forest scored and, shortly afterwards, Newcastle fans invaded the pitch, causing the game to be suspended.
That was not the end of the matter, however. Forest protested about events, claiming that the disruption had worked to Newcastle"s advantage.
When we were taken off we were playing brilliant stuff.
Newcastle were finished. But after the hold up, with the crowd baying all the time, the referee gave everything to Newcastle." There were also concerns that allowing the result to stand would encourage hooliganism. The FA annulled the result and ordered the tie to be replayed at a neutral venue (Goodison Park).
Kew was to see Newcastle again in the Final.
They met Liverpool, and were beaten 3-0. He was appointed to the Fédération internationale de football association List for the following season (1974-1975).
In his retirement year, one last honour came his way when he was appointed to the 1977 League Cup Final between Aston Villa and Everton at Wembley. All were refereed by Kew.
lieutenant is the only major English Final to require three games to resolve the winners.
