Mick
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This may not be Prosser's best ever week. Three days after horribly mis-kicking for Saturday's decisive own goal, he is confronted with a referee who has booked him 5 times in 4 matches !
Tomorrow's referee is Tim Robinson from Bognor Regis (not to be confused with the cricket umpire of the same name). Having brought to an end the long, long unbeaten run with Kettle in charge, time perhaps to bring to an end our failure to win with Robinson in charge!
He is in his fourth season as a League referee and had been progressing reasonably well, however the Championship appointments (always a good guide to how a ref is rated by the powers that be) dried up last season as his card count soared. This season his card count remains sky high, 49 yellows and a red from 10 matches.
His first appearance at Roots Hall was also his first ever League match for our 1-0 home defeat to Accrington at the start of 2012/13. A forgettable match, like most of Sturrock's home games that season (and many more since!). He cautioned Prosser and a couple of theirs and whilst he wasn't wonderful, he was okay.
An improvement was evident in the second Southend match he refereed, the drawn home match with Bristol Rovers early 2013/14 when I thought he had a very good match. He cautioned 4 of theirs and for us, again, Prosser. Prosser was actually very lucky his yellow wasn't a red !
His first Southend away match was also 2013/14 at Plymouth for the 1-1 draw there, with just two cautions for Plymouth and none for us.
Then his most recent Southend match away at Northampton last season (1-1 again). A bit of a cardfest with 8 yellows and that red for Prosser.
Then came last season's home match, which we nearly won but finished up drawing 2-2 with Wycombe. Two yellows apiece, ours to White and, inevitably, Prosser.
Assistants are Andrew Aylott from Kempston in Bedfordshire (which was noted for being the largest village in England until they made it a town) and Carl Brook from St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex. Ryan T Atkin from London is Fourth Official.
Tomorrow's referee is Tim Robinson from Bognor Regis (not to be confused with the cricket umpire of the same name). Having brought to an end the long, long unbeaten run with Kettle in charge, time perhaps to bring to an end our failure to win with Robinson in charge!
He is in his fourth season as a League referee and had been progressing reasonably well, however the Championship appointments (always a good guide to how a ref is rated by the powers that be) dried up last season as his card count soared. This season his card count remains sky high, 49 yellows and a red from 10 matches.
His first appearance at Roots Hall was also his first ever League match for our 1-0 home defeat to Accrington at the start of 2012/13. A forgettable match, like most of Sturrock's home games that season (and many more since!). He cautioned Prosser and a couple of theirs and whilst he wasn't wonderful, he was okay.
An improvement was evident in the second Southend match he refereed, the drawn home match with Bristol Rovers early 2013/14 when I thought he had a very good match. He cautioned 4 of theirs and for us, again, Prosser. Prosser was actually very lucky his yellow wasn't a red !
His first Southend away match was also 2013/14 at Plymouth for the 1-1 draw there, with just two cautions for Plymouth and none for us.
Then his most recent Southend match away at Northampton last season (1-1 again). A bit of a cardfest with 8 yellows and that red for Prosser.
Then came last season's home match, which we nearly won but finished up drawing 2-2 with Wycombe. Two yellows apiece, ours to White and, inevitably, Prosser.
Assistants are Andrew Aylott from Kempston in Bedfordshire (which was noted for being the largest village in England until they made it a town) and Carl Brook from St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex. Ryan T Atkin from London is Fourth Official.