The currently appointed referee for Coventry City’s League One game at Rochdale AFC is Mark Haywood from West Yorkshire.
The father of four daughters, Mark started refereeing in 1993 after moaning at work to a colleague who was a referee about refereeing decisions he had seen over a weekend. He was eventually challenged to have a go and reached the National List of assistant referees in 2002. Four seasons later, he was promoted to the National List of Referees.
His last City game was the 2-1 defeat at Scunthorpe United on September 16th 2014 when he sent off Reda Johnson.
Other City games he has been in charge of are; the 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on December 31st 2011, the 2-1 defeat at QPR in January 2011 and previous City games are the 1-0 home defeat to Hartlepool in the League Cup in August 2009, the 2-0 FA Cup home win over Kidderminster Harriers in January 2009 and the 1-1 home draw with Swansea City in November 2008.
His assistants are: Barry Cropp and Scott Oldham. The Fourth Official is Alan Clayton.