Referee off Bassett's ‘Christmas card list’

SOUTHAMPTON coach Dave Bassett insisted referee Nigel Miller was off his “Christmas card list” after the twice-taken penalty which prompted a Saints collapse at Pride Park yesterday.

Manager Harry Redknapp refused to speak to the press after being banished to the stands in his side’s dramatic 2-2 draw at Derby, leaving Bassett to conduct the postmortem.

The visitors were on course to end a run of three straight draws when Brett Ormerod scored his first league goal of the season early in the second half.