Ref Watch Friday night football refwatch ......... Kings Lynn (H)

[Mick]

Kings Lynn should have no trouble improving on their only previous visit to Roots Hall – the 9-0 drubbing in the FA Cup in 1968, in front of a crowd of just under 10,000. For Southend a chance of our first “double” of the season. Kings Lynn haven’t beaten anyone other than Dover in the League for nearly 4 months.

Friday night’s referee is Lloyd Wood, a comparatively local official from Romford. A PE teacher in his mid 30s, he is in his fourth season as a National League referee and has done just 7 League matches so far this season producing a low 19 yellows and just one red in his first match.

Two of those seven matches were at Kings Lynn – their draw with Barnet and defeat by Aldershot.

No stranger to Roots Hall, he has acted as Fourth Official on four occasions ( last season’s matches against Grimsby and Forest Green, 2018/19 Gillingham and Cambridge (Checkatrade) ) and was Assistant in the 2015/16 derby against Colchester.

The rest of the team is comprised of, almost certainly for the first time ever, three people called Craig. Craig Green from Aldershot and Craig Simpson, formerly from Bude, now from Reading will be running the lines and Craig Barnett from Basildon stands by as Fourth Official.

 

[Target man]

That's great ..... Will be so much easier to shout "Craig you're c##p" .....

 

[ColinMorrisWalksOnWater]

Gotta be worth a shout of "Oi Craig!" as they are on their run around the pitch warm up!

 

[Lord Football]

I remember him as one of the ECFA's "bright young things"......


If that penalty had gone against us, this thread would be well into its fifth page by now..... :)

 

[londonblue]

I remember him as one of the ECFA's "bright young things"......


If that penalty had gone against us, this thread would be well into its fifth page by now..... :)

Soft to say the least. Almost to a man everyone leaving the ground last night agreed it wasn't a penalty.

 

[bazzashrimper]

It was a good tackle. 10 minutes before their lad swung around an arm an elbowed the ball away. That looked more of a penalty.

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

Soft to say the least. Almost to a man everyone leaving the ground last night agreed it wasn't a penalty.

Literally everyone around me in the West Stand was agreeing it wasn't a penalty. Looking forward to the highlights...

 

[OldBlueLady]

Soft to say the least. Almost to a man everyone leaving the ground last night agreed it wasn't a penalty.

Yep, definitely soft but made up for the handball he didn't give earlier and the bad challenge on Ralph which I couldn't tell whether it was in or outside the box.

 

[JD]

I am pretty sure the handball by their player in front of the south was outside the box if it’s the one I am thinking of? First half?

Hobson got away with a handball in the second half, luckily the ref wasn’t in a position to spot it and the they got a corner ?

 

[JD]

Soft to say the least. Almost to a man everyone leaving the ground last night agreed it wasn't a penalty.

Didn’t stop the whole ground appealing for it ?

 

[londonblue]

Didn’t stop the whole ground appealing for it ?

Not sure about that. Most people around me hardly moved, other than to laugh when the ref pointed to the spot.