Officials for tomorrow afternoon's match between Yeovil Town and Milton Keynes Dons have been announced. The match takes place at Huish Park on Monday 3rd January 2011, kick-off 3.00p.m. The main in charge of the match will be referee Simon Hooper (Wiltshire). Mr Hooper was promoted to the Football League in the summer of 2008, and we've had him four times as the man in the middle.
The earliest occasion was October 2008, when a 0-0 draw with Leyton Orient saw him a little too trigger-happy in terms of stopping the game and failing to play advantage for both teams. We also weren't too happy about him missing a fairly blatant penalty shout for an off the ball foul on striker Scott Rendell. That was his first match at League One level, so some allowances should be made for his lack of experience at that time.
Next up was the August 2009 trip to play Huddersfield Town, where he was a late replacement as referee. He awarded us a penalty that day, and although we went on to lose the game, anyone who awards a spot kick to an away team at a stadium the size of the Galpharm deserves credit for a brave decision.
The third and most recent encounter with Mr Hooper was the November 2009 1-1 draw against Charlton Athletic. In a game played in atrocious weather conditions, Mr Hooper sent off Charlton's Sam Sodje half an hour into the game for a professional foul. Another brave decision, but to our (biased) eyes, the correct one. We had no other comments about his handling of the match.
In his most recent match for us he was at Huish Park for the September 2010 game against Southampton and we were a little less enthused about his brave decision-making. To be fair he had a decent game overall, and did give us one penalty for a trip on Gavin Williams, but it was his earlier decision to not award a spot kick for a foul on Andy Williams in the box that had us grumbling during the game.
Mr Hooper will be assisted by Andrew Bennett (Devon) and Brett Huxtable (Devon). The Fourth Official will be Paul Rees (Bristol).
NB: The links below may not work depending on when you read this news item.
Link: October 2008 : Yeovil Town 0 Leyton Orient 0.
Link: August 2009 : Huddersfield Town 2 Yeovil Town 1.
Link: November 2009 : Yeovil Town 1 Charlton Athletic 1.
Link: September 2010 : Yeovil Town 1 Southampton 1.
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