Mark Gardiner update!!! 

Mark Gardiner update!!!

Thanks to Iain for the information, Mark is alive and well (although he is now sans floppy fringe) and still performing.

Which is more than can be said for the officials Saturday.

Although we still didnt scale the depths of the Carling Cup match last night, where one of the Assistant Referees went off injured at 1/2 time. He was so injured he couldn't take on the duties of 4th official (i.e holding up a board and being a muppet). So the match was delayed.

An unlikely saviour was found in the shape of Dermot Gallagher who was in the crowd and took on the responsibility.

The farce didnt end their as according to SkySports News the referee went down during the second half and needed treatment. God knows what would have happened if he hadn't carried on.

The other disturbing thing about ref's is that their are too few of them. Every week on 6-0-6, there is some non-league ref phoning in to plead for people to take it up.

But would you want to???

Its not quite s/o/b time at the weekend but I will feel a lot more confident about our season if we are heading back down to Dorset with at least a point in our back pockets on Saturday.