Kettle to Southend for the last time?
Almost certainly.
He comes to Southend fresh from a cardless match at Stevenage last Tuesday; the last season he had two consecutive cardless matches was 2006/7 so long odds on a repeat Saturday.
I wonder two things. How often any referee has two consecutive cardless matches ? What is the longest number of consecutive matches (in recent times ) that a referee has been cardless ?
Without delving into soccerbase or any other card based statistical web site, Halsey springs to mind as a prime candidate.
On the other hand, referees like Styles, Bennett and Parker from Preston would be rank outsiders!!