Joop (86) refereed more than 3,000 football matches and will only stop when they start calling him ‘grandpa’

He never gave more than three yellow cards, in the first fifteen minutes after kick-off he immediately shows who is boss and bribes him? You shouldn’t try. Referee Joop is 86, but still whistles a game every week. He has now almost reached 3200 matches. “Once I gave a boy a red card and the coach suddenly appeared in my dressing room at half-time with a special offer…”

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