• Welcome to the ShrimperZone forums.
    You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which only gives you limited access.

    Existing Users:.
    Please log-in using your existing username and password. If you have any problems, please see below.

    New Users:
    Join our free community now and gain access to post topics, communicate privately with other members, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and free. Click here to join.

    Fans from other clubs
    We welcome and appreciate supporters from other clubs who wish to engage in sensible discussion. Please feel free to join as above but understand that this is a moderated site and those who cannot play nicely will be quickly removed.

    Assistance Required
    For help with the registration process or accessing your account, please send a note using the Contact us link in the footer, please include your account name. We can then provide you with a new password and verification to get you on the site.

Ref Watch Non-league refwatch .......Notts County (A)

Mick

Life President
Joined
Oct 28, 2003
Messages
10,935
Matches at Meadow Lane commenced in 1931 when a goal by Jim Shankly gave us a share of the points. He was, of course, one of the five Shankly footballing brothers, one of whom became rather better known than the others. Over the years we’ve played them 52 times in League matches, having won 23, drawn 9 and lost the other 20.

Saturday's match will be refereed by Gareth Rhodes from York. As a youngster he had trials with professional clubs and represented West Riding County FA at U18 level. He didn’t make it into the professional game but went on to play for Tadcaster Albion and Selby Town in the Northern Counties East League. Injuries brought his playing career to a premature end and he started refereeing in 2008. After 10 years he reached his current level of Panel Select referee and is now in his fourth season at National League level. His very first match, Gateshead v Dover was cardless – a feat he has not managed again in any of his subsequent 51 games !

This season’s 7 matches have seen a high 29 yellow and 3 red cards. Somewhat unusually, the last 5 red cards he’s shown have all been to home players.

Obviously, he has never refereed Southend before, but he was Fourth Official for away matches at Sunderland and Bolton and the home match against Forest Green. This will be his 6th County match having overseen their home wins against Torquay and Solihull and away draw at Stockport in previous seasons and this season their 5-0 win at Barnet and 3-2 defeat at Halifax.

Assisting will be Michael D’Aguilar from Stafford who I thought was on the Football League list (maybe easing his way back from injury as I think it unlikely he’d have been “relegated”) and Reece Davies, the Derbyshire FA Referees Development Officer. Fourth Official is Ben Robinson also from Stafford.
 
Back
Top