Mick
Life President
Tomorrow we have a referee who is probably destined for the Select Group of Premiership referees.
The man in charge is Paul Tierney from Wigan, a referee in his 6th year who we haven't seen a great deal of, although he is doing the York/Southend fixture for the second consecutive year.
He has refereed us four times before.
Firstly, the 2-0 win at Bradford City in 2010/11 when Clohessey was sent off (there were 3 yellows apiece in addition to Clohessey's red) and more recently in the 1-0 home defeat to Burton in 2011/12 when he showed 4 yellows to the visitors and one to Kalala. Then last year's match at York when there were no goals, 2 yellows for York and one for Big Bad Barry.
Finally was the home leg of the play-off against Burton when he did us no particular favours (litotes alert).
A referee who is obviously highly rated, he had loads of Championship fixtures last season and has already had a trial match in the Premiership this season (Swansea v West Brom). He was also given the very recent televised East Midlands derby (which normally goes to a SG official) and, apart from a little inconsistency in his cautions, he did well.
He won't hesitate to show cards if he thinks it appropriate with 29 yellows and 3 reds from his 8 matches this season.
Assisting will be rookie lino, Thomas Bramall from Sheffield and Paul Marsden from Preston. Fourth Official is Graeme Fyvie from Sunderland.
The man in charge is Paul Tierney from Wigan, a referee in his 6th year who we haven't seen a great deal of, although he is doing the York/Southend fixture for the second consecutive year.
He has refereed us four times before.
Firstly, the 2-0 win at Bradford City in 2010/11 when Clohessey was sent off (there were 3 yellows apiece in addition to Clohessey's red) and more recently in the 1-0 home defeat to Burton in 2011/12 when he showed 4 yellows to the visitors and one to Kalala. Then last year's match at York when there were no goals, 2 yellows for York and one for Big Bad Barry.
Finally was the home leg of the play-off against Burton when he did us no particular favours (litotes alert).
A referee who is obviously highly rated, he had loads of Championship fixtures last season and has already had a trial match in the Premiership this season (Swansea v West Brom). He was also given the very recent televised East Midlands derby (which normally goes to a SG official) and, apart from a little inconsistency in his cautions, he did well.
He won't hesitate to show cards if he thinks it appropriate with 29 yellows and 3 reds from his 8 matches this season.
Assisting will be rookie lino, Thomas Bramall from Sheffield and Paul Marsden from Preston. Fourth Official is Graeme Fyvie from Sunderland.
