Mick
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Tonight's referee is Neil Swarbrick from Preston. A very experienced official who, at the start of this season, joined the Select Group of Premiership referees. He is being eased in gently with just 8 Premiership games so far, virtually all of them fairly low key. He is making his Roots Hall debut.
He has invariably done a good job when I've seen him.
He has officiated four previous Southend away games; most recently the 3-1 end of season defeat at Wycombe last year with Prosser picking up the game's only card. Prior to that it was the League Cup defeat at Hull and before that a 4-1 defeat at Leeds and lastly a 4-0 defeat at Sunderland.
So our record with him is played four, lost four; taking a more positive view, you could also say all the games have been home wins.
The move to the SG has seen his card count rise from below average to significantly above. He has shown 81 yellows and 4 reds from 23 games.
Former Trowbridge Town player, Adam Nunn is again one of the Assistants, as he was at Wycombe. The other one has a somewhat shorter journey, Darren Blunden from Dartford and the 4th Official has an even shorter journey, being ex-Premiership referee Andy D'Urso from Billericay.
He has invariably done a good job when I've seen him.
He has officiated four previous Southend away games; most recently the 3-1 end of season defeat at Wycombe last year with Prosser picking up the game's only card. Prior to that it was the League Cup defeat at Hull and before that a 4-1 defeat at Leeds and lastly a 4-0 defeat at Sunderland.
So our record with him is played four, lost four; taking a more positive view, you could also say all the games have been home wins.
The move to the SG has seen his card count rise from below average to significantly above. He has shown 81 yellows and 4 reds from 23 games.
Former Trowbridge Town player, Adam Nunn is again one of the Assistants, as he was at Wycombe. The other one has a somewhat shorter journey, Darren Blunden from Dartford and the 4th Official has an even shorter journey, being ex-Premiership referee Andy D'Urso from Billericay.