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As we look to preserve our unbeaten record against Stevenage in all competitions, the man in charge of tomorrow's match is Chris Sarginson from Staffordshire.
He is a seventh year referee who will be refereeing his seventh Southend match and, for me, he falls into the "lucky to still be there" category.
We'd been riding our luck with Gavin Ward matches so he was due a poor one, perhaps Sarginson is due a good one?
His last Southend match was the sub-standard performance at Fleetwood at the back end of last season (1-1), with yellows for Egan and Leonard.
Previously it was the away game at Plymouth when we were leading 2-0 with about 5 mins to go and finished up with a point. Yellows for Timlin, Martin and Dickinson and one of theirs. Before that it was the Shrimps vs Shrimpers defeat four years ago when we just shaded the yellows with 3 against their 2. Then in the same season on New Year's Day at Oxford, when, as we won and he booked loads of theirs and none of ours, there were no complaints.
Then it was the hollow victory against Stockport at the end of the 2009/10 season and defeat at MK Dons the season before that.
His card count was decidedly average last season.
Originally appointed to assist was Matt Donohue, previously from Southend before moving up to the Manchester area. He declined the appointment and the would-have-been 4th official, Gavin Muge, from Bedford takes over his flag. Other assistant is Alan Young, the Cambridgeshire FA Regional Referees Development Manager and Ryan Atkin from London takes over the 4th official role.
He is a seventh year referee who will be refereeing his seventh Southend match and, for me, he falls into the "lucky to still be there" category.
We'd been riding our luck with Gavin Ward matches so he was due a poor one, perhaps Sarginson is due a good one?
His last Southend match was the sub-standard performance at Fleetwood at the back end of last season (1-1), with yellows for Egan and Leonard.
Previously it was the away game at Plymouth when we were leading 2-0 with about 5 mins to go and finished up with a point. Yellows for Timlin, Martin and Dickinson and one of theirs. Before that it was the Shrimps vs Shrimpers defeat four years ago when we just shaded the yellows with 3 against their 2. Then in the same season on New Year's Day at Oxford, when, as we won and he booked loads of theirs and none of ours, there were no complaints.
Then it was the hollow victory against Stockport at the end of the 2009/10 season and defeat at MK Dons the season before that.
His card count was decidedly average last season.
Originally appointed to assist was Matt Donohue, previously from Southend before moving up to the Manchester area. He declined the appointment and the would-have-been 4th official, Gavin Muge, from Bedford takes over his flag. Other assistant is Alan Young, the Cambridgeshire FA Regional Referees Development Manager and Ryan Atkin from London takes over the 4th official role.
