Mick
Life President
Not sure why I'm giving you this information as, unless you have binoculars with you, you won't be able to see him anyway.
Man in charge of this match is Graham Horwood from Luton, in his 3rd year as a League referee and refereeing his first Southend away game. He has however made four visits to Roots Hall in his short League career and they weren't too bad. The most recent was the final home game of last season against Cheltenham. The other three were Rochdale in the cup and Bournemouth in the League the year before last and Hereford last year). So we have a 100% record with this official, mind you all but one of his red cards have been shown to away players and home advantage counts for more with some officials than others.
He was appointed for the Cheltenham away League Cup tie but changed at the last minute when they cocked up the appointments.
He withdrew from his match last weekend, so there may yet be another change.
Average cards but he has a reputation of being a somewhat fussy referee.
Assisting will be Lee Collins from Surrey and the not-so-admirable Steve Creighton from Berkshire. Fourth official will be Gavin Muge from Totternhoe. Creighton has a reputation as being flag happy and tries to referee matches from the sideline.
Man in charge of this match is Graham Horwood from Luton, in his 3rd year as a League referee and refereeing his first Southend away game. He has however made four visits to Roots Hall in his short League career and they weren't too bad. The most recent was the final home game of last season against Cheltenham. The other three were Rochdale in the cup and Bournemouth in the League the year before last and Hereford last year). So we have a 100% record with this official, mind you all but one of his red cards have been shown to away players and home advantage counts for more with some officials than others.
He was appointed for the Cheltenham away League Cup tie but changed at the last minute when they cocked up the appointments.
He withdrew from his match last weekend, so there may yet be another change.
Average cards but he has a reputation of being a somewhat fussy referee.
Assisting will be Lee Collins from Surrey and the not-so-admirable Steve Creighton from Berkshire. Fourth official will be Gavin Muge from Totternhoe. Creighton has a reputation as being flag happy and tries to referee matches from the sideline.
