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  1. Ref Watch ..... Burton away

    Can't see it happening myself (buying those very cheap advance rail tickets doesn't seem quite so smart now!) but if it does, the man in charge is Iain Williamson from Berkshire who is in his 7th season as a League referee. Played non-league for Walton & Hersham until injury forced him into...
  2. Ref Watch ..... Port Vale

    Tomorrow's match against Port Vale (or Port Value as the OS referred to them as) sees 4th year referee, Roger East from Salisbury, in charge. He achieved some success as an Assistant Referee being appointed to the 2004 Cup Final and a couple of playoff finals. Wasn't uniformly popular...
  3. Ref Watch .... Southampton away

    Saturday's referee, as we finally bring the curtain down on a truly dreadful season, is Rob Shoebridge from Ripley, Derbyshire, in his 4th season as a Football League referee. His career seemed to be developing nicely until last August when he was responsible for one of the worst decisions in...
  4. Ref Watch ... Oldham away

    Referee for tomorrow is Premiership Select Group reject, Steve Tanner from Somerset. Never really made it at the highest level but should be good enough four our "playing for pride" match. In his 7th season, he has refereed Southend 7 times before with mixed results: 3/4 Bury H won 1-0...
  5. Ref Watch .... Charlton

    After what I thought was an excellent performance by late replacement, Mick Russell on Tuesday, the referee for tomorrow night's match is Kevin Wright from Yaxley near Peterborough. His last action in a Southend match was to give Brentford their last minute match winning penalty in the away...
  6. Ref Watch ... Exeter

    Apologies for tardiness on this one ! Tomorrow's match at Exeter sees 3rd year referee, Roger East from Salisbury, in charge. He achieved some success as an Assistant Referee being appointed to the 2004 Cup Final and a couple of playoff finals. Wasn't uniformly popular especially in his...
  7. Ref Watch ... Franchise Friday

    The man in charge is Darren Deadman who comes from Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, and is a civil servant in Peterborough. In his fifth season as a League referee he is just one feisty match away from 500 yellow cards. He is on 494 - will he go for it tomorrow night ? His red card count is above...
  8. Ref Watch CUP Gillingham (A)

    Saturday's referee, Rob Shoebridge from Ripley, Derbyshire, makes his first visit to Priestfield Stadium in his 4th season as a Football League referee. His career seemed to be developing nicely until last August when he was responsible for one of the worst decisions in the history of...
  9. Ref Watch .... Bristol Rovers

    Last Friday's match saw us with a very experienced referee, the much (and unfairly, in my opinion) maligned Grant Hegley. Conditions were difficult and I think a less experienced and less capable official might well have finished up with a huge number of cards. Well we have that less...
  10. Ref Watch .... Brentford away

    No surprises with Keith Hill's performance on Saturday then. Glad I left tomorrow's refwatch until now as I would have written about Pat Miller, the original appointee. This was to be his comeback game after failing his pre-season fitness test. However another change: The referee for tomorrow...
  11. OldBlueLady

    Teaching Assistant cuts

    Absolute joke - without TAs in the classrooms these days schools would fall apart. I spent the whole of Thursday dealing with behavioural issues which no teacher would have had time to deal with. They can't have it both ways, they either want inclusivity or they don't - and if they want cut...
  12. Streaky

    Grays.. more weird goings on

    From the BBC site, that is one weird club. Grays look to appoint new manager Grays Athletic are holding interviews for a new manager even though current boss Gary Phillips has not been sacked. Phillips and his assistants Alan Lewer and John Yems are among those to have applied for the...
  13. Slipperduke

    Webb Rescues Brazil

    Brazil 4-3 Egypt Kaka 5, 90 Zidan 8, 58 Fabiano 12 Shawkey 57 Juan 37 Now this is much more like it. After an insipid first day offered up only an uncomfortable mismatch and a desperately dull bore-draw, day two of the Confederations Cup finally delivered some excitement. Brazil were stifled...
  14. Aberdeen Shrimper

    Jimmy Calderwood and the back room staff quit Aberdeen

    Jimmy Calderwood, assistants Jimmy Nicholl and Sandy Clarke are have decided to part company with Aberdeen by mutual consent after 5 years in charge, even though His side's 2-1 win over Hibernian today secured entry for next year's Europa League
  15. Ref Watch ... Brighton away

    Rob Styles' excellent performance is going to be a hard act to follow. Especially as the man in charge is Darren Deadman who comes from Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, and is a civil servant in Peterborough. In his fourth season as a League referee he is already way past the 400 yellow card mark and...
  16. Ref Watch .... Walsall

    Premiership referee, Rob Styles from Hampshire takes charge of Saturday's match against Walsall. A referee who needs no introduction whatsoever and one from whom controversy is never far away. He has a recent history of nonsensical penalty awards (yes, much worse than last Saturday's) and match...
  17. Ref Watch .. Millwall

    Tuesday night's match with Millwall sees 2nd year referee, Roger East from Salisbury, make his first visit to Roots Hall as a referee. He achieved some success as an Assistant Referee being appointed to the 2004 Cup Final and a couple of playoff finals. Wasn't uniformly popular especially in...
  18. Ref Watch ... Peterborough

    After last night's match was played in such a good spirit that Keith Hill was able to appear merely "poor" instead of his usual "appalling", we move on to a tricky looking match at Peterborough with the man in charge being Andy Haines from Tyne and Wear. A second year referee, he has done...
  19. Ref Watch ,,,,, Scunthorpe

    Well, the entire team has been re-appointed three weeks after calling off the first match just minutes before the kick off. That means the man in charge of the match against those Scunthorpe players who are not suspended will be Keith Hill. Little to add to the comments I made at the time...
  20. Ref Watch .. Wright man for the Col U derby ?

    The referee for Saturday's derby match is Kevin Wright from Yaxley near Peterborough. His last Southend appointment was away at Scunthorpe earlier this season. This will be his 6th Southend League match in his 6th season as a League referee, although he missed virtually all of last season...
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