Details have been released of the officials for our forthcoming match against Preston North End:
SAFC v Preston North End: Sunderland Stadium of Light, Wednesday 10 March
REFEREE: Phil Prosser (West Yorkshire)
ASSISTANTS: Andrew Smith (West Yorkshire), Barry Sygmuta (North Yorkshire)
Mr Prosser has reffed 26 matches so far this season (6 Div 1, 8 Div 2, 7 Div 3, 1 FAC, 2 LC, 2 LDV); he has given a massive 104 yellow cards and 15 red cards for the season so far – compared with his totals for last whole season of 102 yellows and 4 reds! The most yellow cards he’s given out in one match this season so far was nine, when Millwall beat Walsall 2-1 at the New Den last September – he booked four Millwall players and five Walsall players. In his first three div 1 matches alone he gave out 21 yellow cards!
He hasn’t reffed a game involving either us or Preston so far this season but had been due to referee the original date for this match, but the game was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
He said, “I’ve been looking forward to this match since the fixtures came out. This is a really big game for me, both these teams are right up there.
His “day job” is an engineer in the RAF – when the match was postponed, he revealed that he didn’t know if he’d still be able to referee the rescheduled game, as he was due to spend four months in Baghdad
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