Mick
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It may be a little early in the season to talk about "must win" games, but a defeat against so far win-less Oxford could leave us consigned to the nether regions of the division - not what was expected.
However recent history is on our side as we go for our seventh consecutive home win over Oxford at Roots Hall. Combine that with a referee we have a 100% record with and what could go wrong ?
The man in charge on Saturday is Andy Davies from Hampshire, who has just started his third season as a Football League referee.
He refereed Southend twice during his first season with no complaints about either of them - perhaps not surprising as we won them both.
Firstly, he oversaw our early steps towards Wembley against Wimbledon. A 2-1 win with cautions for Straker and Spicer (and one of theirs). The other match was the impressive 4-1 win at Torquay, with two cautions apiece (ours were Barker and Phillips) and a red card for them.
His other Southend match was our 2-0 home win against Northampton just over a year ago., White was cautioned and they had a yellow and a red.
His card-count is above average with 203 yellows and 10 reds from his 56 match career to date. He has yet to have a single cardless match.
Assisting will be a couple of Londoners; Jake Hillier from Barnet and Sam Purkiss from Highbury. Sam Purkiss hit the headlines when he abandoned a Ryman Premier match at Wingate and Finchley after sending off 5 of the home players. Darren Blunden will be making his way through the tunnel from Dartford to do the 4th Official stuff in the other tunnel.
However recent history is on our side as we go for our seventh consecutive home win over Oxford at Roots Hall. Combine that with a referee we have a 100% record with and what could go wrong ?
The man in charge on Saturday is Andy Davies from Hampshire, who has just started his third season as a Football League referee.
He refereed Southend twice during his first season with no complaints about either of them - perhaps not surprising as we won them both.
Firstly, he oversaw our early steps towards Wembley against Wimbledon. A 2-1 win with cautions for Straker and Spicer (and one of theirs). The other match was the impressive 4-1 win at Torquay, with two cautions apiece (ours were Barker and Phillips) and a red card for them.
His other Southend match was our 2-0 home win against Northampton just over a year ago., White was cautioned and they had a yellow and a red.
His card-count is above average with 203 yellows and 10 reds from his 56 match career to date. He has yet to have a single cardless match.
Assisting will be a couple of Londoners; Jake Hillier from Barnet and Sam Purkiss from Highbury. Sam Purkiss hit the headlines when he abandoned a Ryman Premier match at Wingate and Finchley after sending off 5 of the home players. Darren Blunden will be making his way through the tunnel from Dartford to do the 4th Official stuff in the other tunnel.