The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday (2pm kick off0 is Darren Deadman
A 36 year old Civil Servant, Mr Deadman progressed to the National List via the National List of assistant referees in 2000 and the referees' list in 2005. He got into refereeing after playing semi pro football and getting injured.
His last game was the 1-0 defeat at the Ricoh Arena against Shrewsbury Town on January 1st 2013. Other City games he has been in charge of are; the 1-0 home defeat to Leicester City in August 2011 when he booked six and sent off two. the 2-2 draw at Norwich City in May 2011, the 1-0 win at Crystal Palace in February 2010, the 3-2 defeat at Preston in September 2009, the 1-1 draw at Sheffield United in September 2008 and the 2-1 defeat at Watford in April 2008.
This season, according to Soccerbase, he had had fourteen matches (two of which have been League One fixtures) and shown 46 yellow cards and two reds. His last league game was Bolton's 2-0 win at AFC Bournemouth. .
His Assistants are: Paul Hobday and Graham Kane. The Fourth Official is Joe Clark.