Mick
Life President
The referee for tonight's big match will be Andy Woolmer from Northampton. He is a very short referee with even shorter hair and, as shorter officials sometimes do, he has the capacity to be slightly officious. He is in his 9th year as a League referee and has refereed Southend on very many occasions. The most recent was the first match of 2013 at home to Gillingham. He cautioned just one of theirs in the 1-0 defeat and the biggest criticism seemed to be not enough stoppage time. The previous two were last season; firstly our comfortable win at Barnet (7 yellows and one of theirs sent off) and most recently the 1-0 home win against Crewe when Mohsni scored the only goal. Kalala and a couple of theirs were cautioned. Before that Wycombe at home the year before last when he wasn't too bad. Prior to that it was the same season when we lost 0-2 to Crewe. He wasn't great; nor were we.
His first visit to Roots Hall however is somewhat more memorable as it was the Boston match when he sent off Darryl and heralded the appearance of Tes the Cat (...... his name is Tes the Cat, he plays for Montserrat).
His cards this season are low for him and the well the right side of average with only 63 yellows and 3 reds from 24 games.
Assisting will be John Busby from Oxford and Steven Ross from Lincolnshire.
Fourth official is League referee Iain Williamson from Berkshire and if you're looking for good omens, he performed a similar role against Man Utd.
His first visit to Roots Hall however is somewhat more memorable as it was the Boston match when he sent off Darryl and heralded the appearance of Tes the Cat (...... his name is Tes the Cat, he plays for Montserrat).
His cards this season are low for him and the well the right side of average with only 63 yellows and 3 reds from 24 games.
Assisting will be John Busby from Oxford and Steven Ross from Lincolnshire.
Fourth official is League referee Iain Williamson from Berkshire and if you're looking for good omens, he performed a similar role against Man Utd.
