Ref Watch ....... Bradford City

[Mick]

The referee for tonight's "must win" match is Graham Scott from Abingdon in Oxfordshire. He is in his 4th season as a Football League referee and makes his third visit to Roots Hall. (It would be his fourth, but the second didn't happen due to the appropriately Antarctic weather at the time.)

That first visit was the home JPT defeat by Orient in 2008/9. He has since done an away match at Gillingham - the Easter defeat in 2009/10 and then, most recently, this season's home game against Morecambe (a red card for Jevons and 2 yellows for them).... so we're due a win with him.

He is getting good appointments including televised games, but his card count has rocketed this season with a massive 82 yellows and 7 reds from just 21 matches. Certainly when I've seen him he has seemed a little over eager to reach for his cards, but his decisions were more right than wrong.

Assistants are two Roots Hall regulars, Dave Bushell and Ian Crouch, both from London but rather different in appearance. The fourth official sees the late replacement of Nick Kinseley by Geoff Russell from Northampton. The assessor for this match is once again cricket umpire from Norwich, John Tythcott.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

He is getting good appointments including televised games, but his card count has rocketed this season with a massive 82 yellows and 7 reds from just 21 matches

Coincidence you think Mick??

 

[C C Csiders]

The referee for tonight's "must win" match is Graham Scott from Abingdon in Oxfordshire. He is in his 4th season as a Football League referee and makes his third visit to Roots Hall. (It would be his fourth, but the second didn't happen due to the appropriately Antarctic weather at the time.)

That first visit was the home JPT defeat by Orient in 2008/9. He has since done an away match at Gillingham - the Easter defeat in 2009/10 and then, most recently, this season's home game against Morecambe (a red card for Jevons and 2 yellows for them).... so we're due a win with him.

He is getting good appointments including televised games, but his card count has rocketed this season with a massive 82 yellows and 7 reds from just 21 matches. Certainly when I've seen him he has seemed a little over eager to reach for his cards, but his decisions were more right than wrong.

I love S Club 7

 

[mattytheshrimper]

Hopefully he's a decent ref. We've had some real terrible ones of late.

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

That's Moshni off then. Oh......

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Hopefully he's a decent ref. We've had some real terrible ones of late.

None of them are good. We're just due one who wasn't as crap as the last one.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

None of them are good. We're just due one who wasn't as crap as the last one.

i'd like the ref back who was in charge of the crawley at home game in the JPT. Every single decision went our way that night :)

 

[MC BLUES]

Thanks Mick for the info, always very interesting.

 

[jstallan]

i'd like the ref back who was in charge of the crawley at home game in the JPT. Every single decision went our way that night :)

Didn't Dickinson get sent off during that game

 

[mattytheshrimper]

Didn't Dickinson get sent off during that game

This is true. Okay except that decision then.

 

[chapperzUK]

Didn't Dickinson get sent off during that game

Yes and scored the only goal. I didn't think it was a red card.

 

[mattytheshrimper]

Yes and scored the only goal. I didn't think it was a red card.

Correct and it was a pen