Mick
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This Saturday sees a second attempt in 3 weeks by Mick Russell, from St Albans, to get to Roots Hall. He was originally appointed for the Stockport game and pulled out through injury to be replaced by Trevor Kettle.
He is (usually) a very decent referee.
A very steady official, this will be his 5th Southend match and his third at Roots Hall. His first home Southend match was also Freddie Eastwood's first match and we know what happened there! His other home game was the early season victory over Stoke.
Both of his away matches have been on the south coast; the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth when Sodje was injured and the 3-2 defeat at Brighton recently.
These 4 matches have produced just 4 cards and surprisingly he is yet to caution a Southend player (and, yes, McCormack was playing!). His normal card count is about 2 per match.
Judging by his appointments he is quite well rated by the powers that be.
Assistants are Eamonn Smith from Surrey and Irvine Woodward from East Sussex with Richard Beevor wielding the numbers board.
NOTE: He was again replaced at the last minute on Tuesday night at Exeter by Grant Hegley.
He is (usually) a very decent referee.
A very steady official, this will be his 5th Southend match and his third at Roots Hall. His first home Southend match was also Freddie Eastwood's first match and we know what happened there! His other home game was the early season victory over Stoke.
Both of his away matches have been on the south coast; the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth when Sodje was injured and the 3-2 defeat at Brighton recently.
These 4 matches have produced just 4 cards and surprisingly he is yet to caution a Southend player (and, yes, McCormack was playing!). His normal card count is about 2 per match.
Judging by his appointments he is quite well rated by the powers that be.
Assistants are Eamonn Smith from Surrey and Irvine Woodward from East Sussex with Richard Beevor wielding the numbers board.
NOTE: He was again replaced at the last minute on Tuesday night at Exeter by Grant Hegley.