Mick
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Football can be a cruel game. Just as Prosser finds himself back in the side after a suspension induced lay off, he is confronted with a referee who has booked him 4 times in 3 matches !
Tomorrow's referee is Tim Robinson from Bognor Regis (not to be confused with the cricket umpire of the same name).
He is in his third season as a League referee and had been progressing reasonably well, however the Championship appointments (always a good guide to how a ref is rated by the powers that be) seemed to have dried up somewhat.
His first appearance at Roots Hall was also his first ever League match for our 1-0 home defeat to Accrington at the start of the season before last. A forgettable match, like most of Sturrock's home games that season (and even more since!). He cautioned Prosser and a couple of theirs and whilst he wasn't wonderful, he certainly improved.
That improvement was evident in the second Southend match he refereed, the drawn home match with Bristol Rovers early last season when I thought he had a very good match. He cautioned 4 of theirs and for us, again, Prosser. Prosser was actually very lucky his yellow wasn't a red !
His first Southend away match was last season at Plymouth for the 1-1 draw there, with just two cautions for Plymouth and none for us.
Then his most recent Southend match away at Northampton this season. A bit of a cardfest with 8 yellows and that red for Prosser.
He was, more recently, 4th official at our match at Luton earlier this season.
His yellow card count is one of the highest: 97 yellows and 3 reds from 24 games, but, unusually, more than half of the yellows and most of the reds were shown to home players. So no sign of a "homer" here, as further evidenced by the fact that there has only been one home win in his last 22 matches.
Of late, he has attracted some criticism for giving incorrect decisions from a long way from the incident and I’m not sure he’s one of the quickest about the pitch. He also recently called off a Cup-tie 20 mins before kick-off in improving conditions – the visiting Doncaster supporters were not happy and caused a bit of a fuss.
Assistants are Geoff Law and Andy Newbold travelling down together from Leicester. The latter was last at Roots Hall for the Chelsea replay. Dan Robathan from Dorking will be 4th Official.
Tomorrow's referee is Tim Robinson from Bognor Regis (not to be confused with the cricket umpire of the same name).
He is in his third season as a League referee and had been progressing reasonably well, however the Championship appointments (always a good guide to how a ref is rated by the powers that be) seemed to have dried up somewhat.
His first appearance at Roots Hall was also his first ever League match for our 1-0 home defeat to Accrington at the start of the season before last. A forgettable match, like most of Sturrock's home games that season (and even more since!). He cautioned Prosser and a couple of theirs and whilst he wasn't wonderful, he certainly improved.
That improvement was evident in the second Southend match he refereed, the drawn home match with Bristol Rovers early last season when I thought he had a very good match. He cautioned 4 of theirs and for us, again, Prosser. Prosser was actually very lucky his yellow wasn't a red !
His first Southend away match was last season at Plymouth for the 1-1 draw there, with just two cautions for Plymouth and none for us.
Then his most recent Southend match away at Northampton this season. A bit of a cardfest with 8 yellows and that red for Prosser.
He was, more recently, 4th official at our match at Luton earlier this season.
His yellow card count is one of the highest: 97 yellows and 3 reds from 24 games, but, unusually, more than half of the yellows and most of the reds were shown to home players. So no sign of a "homer" here, as further evidenced by the fact that there has only been one home win in his last 22 matches.
Of late, he has attracted some criticism for giving incorrect decisions from a long way from the incident and I’m not sure he’s one of the quickest about the pitch. He also recently called off a Cup-tie 20 mins before kick-off in improving conditions – the visiting Doncaster supporters were not happy and caused a bit of a fuss.
Assistants are Geoff Law and Andy Newbold travelling down together from Leicester. The latter was last at Roots Hall for the Chelsea replay. Dan Robathan from Dorking will be 4th Official.
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