Meet The Ref - Brentford
Meet The Ref - Brentford |
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Thursday's referee is Keith Stroud from Dorset, he started refereeing in 1988 and became a football league ref in 2004; Keith was the referee in the Nationwide Conference play off final between Aldershot and Shrewsbury in 2004. This is his 2nd season as a Football League ref and has refereed 5 games involving Swansea so far. His last being against Yeovil at home in November - where he sent off an opposing player, he averages 3.63 yellow cards per game! Stats so far this season: 38 Games, 138 Yellows, 8 Reds. Games refereed vs Swansea: Vs Lincoln (home) 04/05 Won 1-0 Vs Wycombe (away - LDV) 04/05 Lost 1-0 Vs Northampton (away) 04/05 Drew 2-2 Vs Reading (away - LC) 05/06 Lost 3-1 AET Vs Yeovil (home) 05/06 Won 2-0 What to read next:Most of the talk amongst Southampton fans is about who will be coming into the club during the summer, but there may well also be some departures and not just from the fringe s of the squad. It has been a while, but Matt Watts has taken to the laptop to give his thoughts on the play off win at Wembley and the season in general, as usual it is a very balanced view of the situation and it is good to have him back. A few days ago Joe Rodon had one aim and that was to keep Saints out of the Premier League for next season as he played for Leeds United, but now after returning to his parent club Tottenham Hotspur, it seems that his next move might all be about keeping Southampton in the Premier League. Saints were being linked with several signings ahead of the play offs, but the reality was that although they could do some planning it all had to be done with two what if's, but now with promotion secured they know what path they can follow. After leaving Brighton citing spending more time with his family in Bournemouth as one of the reasons not to pen a new deal, speculation that Adam Lallana might be returning to Southampton was fuelled after he was spotted supporting the club at Wembley on Sunday. A look at some of the action on the pitch and some of the Southampton supporters off it, can you spot yourself in the crowd, relive all the excitement of perhaps our greatest day out since we beat Manchester United in 1976. No one can argue with the result, nor the performance which was not a typical Southampton game usually seen under Russell Martin, but all in all it is a day that will always be remembered by those present. Leeds United 0 - 1 Southampton - Player Ratings and Reports
If you saw the match, please give us your player ratings and a mini match report. They call it the biggest money game in the World, Saints are looking to restore the Premier League multi millions to their coffers next season and for many of their fans, that is all there is to be happy about if they win the game. The Saints Legends side that is taking on a Simon Says XI at AFC Totton's Snows Stadium's Stadium on Saturday has been announced and it has a few well known names in it, read on for more details. |