Mick
Life President
On Tuesday evening we have ex-Select Group referee, Keith Stroud from Gillingham in Dorset. In his eighth season as a League referee he has risen through the ranks and was employed as a PGMO official for 2 years, although he was given no Premiership matches for the second year whilst they sorted out contractual issues.
He last refereed Southend a year ago, virtually to the day, in the same stage of the same competition at Barnet. In that match he showed plenty of yellows, mainly to them, and a red to Mohsni. One of Patersons finest (few) moments in a Southend shirt.
Prior to that he had done Southend 6 times before (2 w 2 l 2 d) the most notable being the vital end of season victory against Bristol City. The only previous away games were also in London - the 2-2 draw at Orient and, more recently, three seasons ago at Millwall (1-1) when he booked 7 (4 of them theirs).
A somewhat short official who doesn't hesitate to produce cards if necessary but is right more often than wrong. He does appear to like being noticed. His card count is high (39 yellow and one red from ten matches) but he is often given competitive matches. His last cardless match was over two and a half years ago.
Assistants are the very unathletic looking Steve Artis from Norwich and Ian Rathbone from the strangely named Semilong in Northampton. Ole Saliy, former Ukrainian top division referee now from London, will be 4th official.
It seems strange that in a competition which is structured to prevent too much travelling in the early rounds, the three active match officials will have to cover 700 miles between them (not to mention what they do on the pitch, which in Steve Artis' case won't be much!).
He last refereed Southend a year ago, virtually to the day, in the same stage of the same competition at Barnet. In that match he showed plenty of yellows, mainly to them, and a red to Mohsni. One of Patersons finest (few) moments in a Southend shirt.
Prior to that he had done Southend 6 times before (2 w 2 l 2 d) the most notable being the vital end of season victory against Bristol City. The only previous away games were also in London - the 2-2 draw at Orient and, more recently, three seasons ago at Millwall (1-1) when he booked 7 (4 of them theirs).
A somewhat short official who doesn't hesitate to produce cards if necessary but is right more often than wrong. He does appear to like being noticed. His card count is high (39 yellow and one red from ten matches) but he is often given competitive matches. His last cardless match was over two and a half years ago.
Assistants are the very unathletic looking Steve Artis from Norwich and Ian Rathbone from the strangely named Semilong in Northampton. Ole Saliy, former Ukrainian top division referee now from London, will be 4th official.
It seems strange that in a competition which is structured to prevent too much travelling in the early rounds, the three active match officials will have to cover 700 miles between them (not to mention what they do on the pitch, which in Steve Artis' case won't be much!).
