Mick Russell stared referring in the 1990’s and progressed via the South Midlands League.
He joined the National List of assistant referees in 2000 before being promoted to the referees List in 2004 with his first match being a 3-1 win for Scunthorpe at home to Rochdale on 7 August 2004.
He is also a licensed FA coach.
In December 2012 the referee showed Sheffield Wednesday’s Jeremy Helan two yellow cards inside the opening 25 minutes of the goalless derby at Huddersfield but failed to send him off.
He booked the on-loan Manchester City winger Helan for the second time in the 25th minute after his foul on Adam Hammill. He had previously carded him for diving, but mistakenly noted the name of Owls teammate Michail Antonio.
The official ignored protests by the then Huddersfield boss Simon Grayson and his players and restarted the match, meaning the chance to red card Helan had gone.
His last match was a 3-1 win for Cambridge at Burton on 3 October. His last Port Vale match was a 3-2 defeat at Leyton Orient on 14 September 2013, which saw Vale receive 4 of the 7 yellow cards issued.
Referring Record:
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Season: |
Matches: |
Yellow: |
Red: |
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2004/05 |
32 |
61 |
1 |
|
2005/06 |
34 |
78 |
4 |
|
2006/07 |
31 |
75 |
4 |
|
2007/08 |
39 |
82 |
6 |
|
2008/09 |
28 |
57 |
4 |
|
2009/10 |
38 |
92 |
3 |
|
2010/11 |
40 |
85 |
5 |
|
2011/12 |
12 |
25 |
2 |
|
2012/13 |
47 |
100 |
4 |
|
2013/14 |
28 |
73 |
3 |
|
2014/15 |
7 |
15 |
0 |
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Previous
Mike Russell and PNE:
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Date: |
Result: |
Goalscorer: |
Cards: |
PNE Cards: |
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28/09/13 |
PNE 2 Swindon 1 |
Hume; McEverley (og) |
2 Y |
Hume |
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12/03/13 |
Notts Co 0 PNE 1 |
Hollis (og) |
1 Y |
Nil |
|
17/03/12 |
Exeter 1 PNE 2 |
Hume 2 |
3 Y |
Nicholson; Miller; Holyroyd |
|
22/01/11 |
Middlesbro 1 PNE 1 |
Jones |
3 Y |
Jones; McLaughlin; Mayor |
|
15/08/09 |
Doncaster 1 PNE1 |
Brown |
1 Y |
Chaplow |
|
06/10/07 |
Ipswich 2 PNE 1 |
Mellor (pen) |
3 Y |
Davidson / Gallagher |
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23/08/08 |
Sheff Wed 1 PNE 1 |
Chaplow |
3 Y |
Hill |
His assistants at are Nicholas Barnard and Alf Greenwood. The fourth official is Paul Kettlewell.