RUFC - Ref Watch v Aldershot

Gavin Ward from Surrey

Gavin joined the list of Assistant Referees at the start of the 2002/3 season progressing to the National List of Referees in 2007, when he officiated in the Euro 2008 qualifying game between Denmark and Liechtenstein in the September.

Gavin has been in charge of a few Millers games over the years, the first being in December 2007, at Millmoor, where he sent off Matty Crowell of Wrexham on fourteen minutes for a two footed lunge at Millers loanee, Ian Ross. Five minutes before half-time Derek Holmes put the home side in front, getting a second on seventy-two minutes. Marc Newsham pitched in with a third ten minutes from time to give the Millers a well deserved victory.

Millers Team that Day
Warrington
Sharps
Joseph
Coughlan
Mills
Brogan
Ross
Harrison (Tonge)
Taylor (Newsham)
O'Grady
Holmes (Yates)
Subs not used - Oxley, Todd

The last time Gavin was in the middle for a Millers game was in March last year at the Broadfield Stadium were Crawley Town's Billy Clarke, Gary Alexander and former Miller Pablo Mills scored to give the home side a three-nil victory over, then managerless, Rotherham.

Gavin has been in charge of twenty-one games so far this season, showing seventy-seven yellow cards and seven red cards.


Running the line will be ...
John Busby from Oxfordshire
and
Michael Bull from Essex

The Fourth Official will be …
Justine Amey from Dorset