Saturday Ref Switch - Ipswich Town News
Saturday's referee is now Mick Jones from Cheshire rather than Nigel Miller from County Durham.
The switch was made as Leeds manager Wise was recently charged with using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards Miller after being sent to the stands during his side's game at Southend in March, the referee having failed to award Leeds a late penalty.
After the game Wise launched into his usual tirade: "It wasn't a push, the ref gave the penalty and then the linesman said it was our player's arm - but it wasn't.
"You only need to look at the reaction of the Southend players - they all had their hands on their heads.
"I've had problems with him before. I told him I don't want him as a referee. For me he's not good and I don't want him to referee for me again.
"I hope there was an assessor here and I hope they put him down a couple of divisions. He gave the penalty and then he pointed the other way. It's a disgrace."
Replacement Jones has shown 145 yellow and 11 red cards in 38 games so far this season. His last Town game was the 0-0 draw at Leicester City in August 2005.
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