Mick
Life President
This match is usually given to a long-serving Football League official approaching retirement.
This year is no exception with the honour going to experienced official, Nigel Miller from Durham.
This is his tenth season as a League referee and this will be his eighth Southend match and his seventh away from Roots Hall. We haven't actually won any of his away matches although we nearly did at Luton, on TV, when Eastwood hit the post near the end in 2006/7. He also did the Southampton away end of season hammering that year when he booked Macca. These away games were sandwiched between two League defeats at Donny (2003/4 and 2007/8).
The home game he did, we actually won against Oldham in 2005/6.
His penultimate Southend match was the away televised fiasco on the beach at Colchester, three years ago. He didn't do much wrong, unlike Adam Barrett and their groundsman.
And finally his most recent Southend match was the 0-0 draw at Preston (managed by Phil Brown) in the Cup. Just two yellows to the home team (one for Phil's mate Ian Ashbee).
These 7 matches only accrued 8 yellow cards between them.
He refereed Crewe's 4-1 win over Bradford City en route to this final.
In his late forties, he looks older! He is another of the hairless referees sometimes with a moustache which makes him look a little like a military man.
Attracted some fairly serious criticism on a number of occasions in the past, but he has been okay whenever I've seen him. Getting loads of Championship matches and has shown a slightly below average 92 yellow and 4 red cards from 33 matches. Warmed up for Wembley by upsetting the Burnley manager last week for playing "too much" stoppage time.
Assistants are Ian Dudley from Nottingham and Danny Gratton from Stone. Referee Carl Boyeson from Hull will be 4th official and Marvyn Amphlett from Worcester will be reserve Assistan Referee.
This year is no exception with the honour going to experienced official, Nigel Miller from Durham.
This is his tenth season as a League referee and this will be his eighth Southend match and his seventh away from Roots Hall. We haven't actually won any of his away matches although we nearly did at Luton, on TV, when Eastwood hit the post near the end in 2006/7. He also did the Southampton away end of season hammering that year when he booked Macca. These away games were sandwiched between two League defeats at Donny (2003/4 and 2007/8).
The home game he did, we actually won against Oldham in 2005/6.
His penultimate Southend match was the away televised fiasco on the beach at Colchester, three years ago. He didn't do much wrong, unlike Adam Barrett and their groundsman.
And finally his most recent Southend match was the 0-0 draw at Preston (managed by Phil Brown) in the Cup. Just two yellows to the home team (one for Phil's mate Ian Ashbee).
These 7 matches only accrued 8 yellow cards between them.
He refereed Crewe's 4-1 win over Bradford City en route to this final.
In his late forties, he looks older! He is another of the hairless referees sometimes with a moustache which makes him look a little like a military man.
Attracted some fairly serious criticism on a number of occasions in the past, but he has been okay whenever I've seen him. Getting loads of Championship matches and has shown a slightly below average 92 yellow and 4 red cards from 33 matches. Warmed up for Wembley by upsetting the Burnley manager last week for playing "too much" stoppage time.
Assistants are Ian Dudley from Nottingham and Danny Gratton from Stone. Referee Carl Boyeson from Hull will be 4th official and Marvyn Amphlett from Worcester will be reserve Assistan Referee.
