Mick
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There are two Friday night matches and the two referees allocated are Deadman and Woolmer. We've drawn the long straw and the short ref.
The referee for tomorrow's match against a team we have never lost to (we've never beaten them either but let's be positive!) is therefore Andy Woolmer from Northampton. This short referee with even shorter hair has the capacity to be slightly officious but he is usually reasonably steady - a safe pair of hands.
He is in his 10th year as a League referee and has refereed Southend on very many occasions.
The most recent was that very memorable evening earlier this year when we qualified for Wembley with a 2-2 draw against Orient. A good performance by him in a highly charged match. Cautions for Phillips and Prosser and three of theirs.
Before that, the most recent was the first match of 2013 at home to Gillingham. He cautioned just one of theirs in the 1-0 defeat and the biggest criticism seemed to be not enough stoppage time. The previous two were the season before last; firstly our comfortable win at Barnet (7 yellows and one of theirs sent off) and then the 1-0 home win against Crewe when Mohsni scored the only goal (Kalala and a couple of theirs were cautioned). Before that Wycombe at home the year before that when he wasn't too bad. Prior to that it was the same season when we lost 0-2 to Crewe. He wasn't great; nor were we.
His first visit to Roots Hall however is somewhat more memorable as it was the Boston match when he sent off Darryl and heralded the appearance of Tes the Cat (...... his name is Tes the Cat, he plays for Montserrat).
His cards this year, as they were last, are decidedly average with 20 yellows from 7 matches. On a cautionary note, his red card has not seen the light of day thus far this season.
The rest of the team are all very regular visitors to the Hall. Ole Saliy, ex-Ukrainian top flight official now from London and Adrian Sannerude from Lowestoft will be running the lines and Wade Norcott from Harlow will be wielding the numbers board.
The referee for tomorrow's match against a team we have never lost to (we've never beaten them either but let's be positive!) is therefore Andy Woolmer from Northampton. This short referee with even shorter hair has the capacity to be slightly officious but he is usually reasonably steady - a safe pair of hands.
He is in his 10th year as a League referee and has refereed Southend on very many occasions.
The most recent was that very memorable evening earlier this year when we qualified for Wembley with a 2-2 draw against Orient. A good performance by him in a highly charged match. Cautions for Phillips and Prosser and three of theirs.
Before that, the most recent was the first match of 2013 at home to Gillingham. He cautioned just one of theirs in the 1-0 defeat and the biggest criticism seemed to be not enough stoppage time. The previous two were the season before last; firstly our comfortable win at Barnet (7 yellows and one of theirs sent off) and then the 1-0 home win against Crewe when Mohsni scored the only goal (Kalala and a couple of theirs were cautioned). Before that Wycombe at home the year before that when he wasn't too bad. Prior to that it was the same season when we lost 0-2 to Crewe. He wasn't great; nor were we.
His first visit to Roots Hall however is somewhat more memorable as it was the Boston match when he sent off Darryl and heralded the appearance of Tes the Cat (...... his name is Tes the Cat, he plays for Montserrat).
His cards this year, as they were last, are decidedly average with 20 yellows from 7 matches. On a cautionary note, his red card has not seen the light of day thus far this season.
The rest of the team are all very regular visitors to the Hall. Ole Saliy, ex-Ukrainian top flight official now from London and Adrian Sannerude from Lowestoft will be running the lines and Wade Norcott from Harlow will be wielding the numbers board.
