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  1. Ref Watch ........ Barnsley H

    Although we have got the better of games against Barnsley over the years, we haven't beaten them at home in 6 attempts over the last twenty years. In fact last time we got maximum points off them at Roots Hall, Phil Gridelet scored! Tomorrow's referee is Charles Breakspear from...
  2. Ref Watch ...... Swindon H

    The referee for tomorrow's match is the very experienced Andy Woolmer from Northampton. This short referee with even shorter hair had the capacity to be slightly officious but he is usually reasonably steady - a safe pair of hands. He is in his 12th year as a League referee and has refereed...
  3. Ref Watch ...... Walsall H

    Southend have a tremendous home record against Walsall in the League, having lost only 3 times in 37 matches (25 wins and 9 draws). The man in charge on Saturday is Andy Davies from Hampshire, who has just started his fourth season as a Football League referee. He is a former professional with...
  4. BedfordShrimper

    Anyone else collect/keep old Echo Paper's ?

    After the Weekend's events, I of course ordered my copy of the Echo to be sent to me in the post. I have to have it sent to me being in Bedford. I added it to my collection of old editions as I keep them all and I started rooting through some of them. A lot of memorable moments in there. Some...
  5. Ref Watch ...... Carlisle H

    We have never had a 0-0 against Carlisle at Roots Hall and our last six home matches against them are very much honours even with 2 wins apiece and 2 draws. Saturday's man in charge is the loose cannon that is Trevor Kettle. Or, rather, ex Wing Commander Trevor Kettle who used to work for the...
  6. Ref Watch ...... Accrington H

    The four recent home matches against Accrington have been tight affairs with a 1-0 win apiece and two draws. This is in stark contrast to our other two home matches against them, in the late 50s, just after the abolition of Divs 3 North and South, which we won by an aggregate of 10-3...
  7. Ref Watch ....... Oxford away

    By co-incidence, this is the third match running, after Northampton and Plymouth that our matches with the opposing team in all competitions are tied, in this case at 19 wins apiece, from 45 games. The other two were still that way after the game; not what we want on Saturday. Our last four...
  8. Ref Watch ...... Plymouth H

    Just as with Northampton last week, matches against Plymouth in all competitions are tied, in this case at 24 wins apiece, from 69 games. Our last two home games have been 0-0 (sorry to remind you), Plymouth's last away game was 0-0 and the referee's last game was 0-0. All points to a real...
  9. Ref Watch ....... Hartlepool

    Tomorrow we take on the currently worst team in the whole Football League ..... or, to put it another way, just 15 places higher than Chester. We have a very good home record against Hartlepool in the league with just 2 defeats in 22 games producing 14 wins. In three of their last four visits...
  10. Ref Watch ...... AFC Wimbledon away JPT

    After Mr Malone's excesses on Saturday, the man in charge of our JPT opening round is Charles Breakspear from very nearby Walton-on-Thames. In his second year, he has refereed us just once before in the home defeat by Morecambe last season - a red for them and a yellow apiece (Timlin for us)...
  11. Ref Watch ....... Stevenage (H)

    As we look to preserve our unbeaten record against Stevenage in all competitions, the man in charge of tomorrow's match is Chris Sarginson from Staffordshire. He is a seventh year referee who will be refereeing his seventh Southend match and, for me, he falls into the "lucky to still be there"...
  12. Ref Watch ....... Cheltenham A

    After two rather good referees, will the run continue? In all probability, yes. The referee for tomorrow's match is Michael Naylor travelling from Sheffield for his third Southend match. He is in his fourth season and has made exceptional progress to the extent that he is being tipped for the...
  13. Ref Watch ........... Exeter H

    Tomorrow's referee needs little introduction; he is the youthful looking Gavin Ward from Oxted in Surrey. His three most recent Southend matches were definitely some of his better ones, taking charge of the entertaining home 0-0 with Port Vale early last season with 1 caution to us (Tomlin) and...
  14. Pre-Match Thread Southend United vs Newport County (H)

    31/01/2014 - Newport County (H) Edinburgh Returns Friday night sees ex-Blues player Justin Edinburgh bring his Newport side to the seaside for their first visit to Roots Hall since 1985, when we lost 1-0 in the FA Cup 1st Round. We first played Newport on Christmas Day in 1920, when we drew...
  15. Ref Watch ......... Millwall CUP

    Our last six home matches with Millwall have produced just a miserly 5 goals (two 0-0s, three 1-0s and a 2-0) and the last Southend player to score against Millwall at home was Nicky Bailey, some three "dream moves" ago. Anyway, the referee in charge of tomorrow's match is third year official...
  16. Ref Watch .......... York

    The referee for tomorrow's cut price game is Darren Sheldrake from Kingston in Surrey who is in his fifth year as a Football League referee. He has the opportunity to atone for a woeful and inconsistent display earlier this season away at Wycombe when he cautioned Prosser and White and 3 home...
  17. Ref Watch Cup refwatch Brentford

    As we look to maintain our 100% record against Brentford in the FA Cup, Saturday's referee is Dean Whitestone from Northampton, in his seventh season as a Football League referee. He is the second referee from Northampton in 5 days and I can safely say he is both taller and, normally, better...
  18. Ref Watch ....... Friday night refwatch - Chesterfield

    The return of Friday night football sees Rob Lewis making the unnecessarily long journey from Shrewsbury for his third visit to Roots Hall as a referee. This is the third season of his second spell as a League referee, having lost his place in 2008 primarily due to injury. One of our shorter...
  19. Ref Watch ...... AFC Wimbledon away

    Tomorrow's referee will be travelling a fair bit further than most of us to get to the game. It is yet another first year referee, Darren Bond from Burscough in Lancashire. [Anyone remember Burscough, the "smallest" club to ever win the FA Trophy and the team that drew Man Utd at home in the...
  20. Ref Watch ....... Peterborough away

    Tomorrow's referee is Mark Brown from Hull - not to be confused with the Mark Brown who may or may not be keeping goal for us. He is just starting his third season as a League referee. His first didn't seem to be going too badly with a couple of Championship appointments, but he fell foul of...
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