The Thomas Parsons Refereeing Award

And the winner of the Thomas Parsons Award for biased, incompetent refereeing goes to today's official Sam Purkiss - a worthy winner of the prize sponsored by Colchester United. Thomas Parsons for those of short memories is the referee who sent off one of our players and gave Wrexham every decision when we last played them. It was a surprise he didn't join in the celebrations when Wrexham scored the winning goal. The overall standard of refereeing is poor but Messrs Parsons and Purkiss are beyond poor. Why are they officiating in the Football League?