Mick
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Tomorrow night we have the experienced and normally very decent Mick Russell from St Albans.
If I were writing this 18 months ago, I'd be extolling his virtues, but of late things haven't gone quite so well.
A steady official, this will be his 10th Southend match and his 6th at Roots Hall.
His first home Southend match was also Freddie Eastwood's first match and we know what happened there! His next home game was the early season victory over Stoke a few years back. His most recent home matches were the 3-3 derby match with Colchester when he cautioned 5 of theirs and none of ours and the somewhat lively 3-2 victory over a fairly unpleasant Hartlepool side involving two penalties and the dismissal of their keeper.
His first two away matches were on the south coast; the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth when Sodje was injured and the 3-2 defeat at Brighton a couple of years ago.
Then comes the match when he apparently blotted his copybook in a match I did not see at Swindon last season, where, by all accounts, he had a bit of a nightmare. However he was subsequently back to his best in a game I did see at Norwich later last season when it was certainly not his fault we failed to hold on to one point when for much of the game we looked like taking all three.
He most recent Southend match was at home to Morecambe this season, where some might say he wasn't great and failed to dismiss a Morecambe player for an off the ball incident involving Mohsni.
A referee who usually officiates with a smile on his face, he looks to allow play to continue where possible and has a well below average card count. This season he has 49 yellows and 4 reds from 24 games, nearly half of which have been in the Championship.
Assistants are Gavin Muge from Bedford and Adrian Sannerude from Lowestoft, with Mike Bull making the short journey from Chelmsford for 4th official duties.
If I were writing this 18 months ago, I'd be extolling his virtues, but of late things haven't gone quite so well.
A steady official, this will be his 10th Southend match and his 6th at Roots Hall.
His first home Southend match was also Freddie Eastwood's first match and we know what happened there! His next home game was the early season victory over Stoke a few years back. His most recent home matches were the 3-3 derby match with Colchester when he cautioned 5 of theirs and none of ours and the somewhat lively 3-2 victory over a fairly unpleasant Hartlepool side involving two penalties and the dismissal of their keeper.
His first two away matches were on the south coast; the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth when Sodje was injured and the 3-2 defeat at Brighton a couple of years ago.
Then comes the match when he apparently blotted his copybook in a match I did not see at Swindon last season, where, by all accounts, he had a bit of a nightmare. However he was subsequently back to his best in a game I did see at Norwich later last season when it was certainly not his fault we failed to hold on to one point when for much of the game we looked like taking all three.
He most recent Southend match was at home to Morecambe this season, where some might say he wasn't great and failed to dismiss a Morecambe player for an off the ball incident involving Mohsni.
A referee who usually officiates with a smile on his face, he looks to allow play to continue where possible and has a well below average card count. This season he has 49 yellows and 4 reds from 24 games, nearly half of which have been in the Championship.
Assistants are Gavin Muge from Bedford and Adrian Sannerude from Lowestoft, with Mike Bull making the short journey from Chelmsford for 4th official duties.
