Alfred Stair was the referee at the first three FA Cup Finals, all of which were played at the Kennington Oval, London in 1872, 1873 and 1874.
In 1872, he officiated in the match between Wanderers and Royal Engineers on 16 March. Stair was a civil servant by profession as were his assistants (Umpires), JH Giffard, for the Royal Engineers, and K Kirkpatrick for the Wanderers.
Stair played football for the amateur club Upton Park from 1867 to 1874. He was also selected as the match referee for the England v Scotland game on 6 March 1875.
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“The catastrophe
Buried in the stair carpet stayed there
And never corrupted anybody.
And one day he grew up, and the horizon
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—John Ashbery (b. 1927)