The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Capital One Cup tie at Leyton Orient is Dean Whitestone from Northamptonshire.
Dean started refereeing in Northampton in 1992 and it was his father who was a class one referee, who got him interested. He progressed through the United Counties League, The Southern League, The Conference and onto the Football League as a referee in 2005/2006.
He had two City game's last season. - the Boxing Day win at Stevenage and the League Cup win over Birmingham City.
Before that, he has been in charge of the 3-0 win at Portsmouth in April 2011, the 1-1 draw against Blackpool on January 30th 2010, the 2-1 win at Northampton Town in a Jackson Grundy Cup game in July 2009, the 2-1 win at Charlton on December 9th 2008, the 1-0 home win over QPR on September 20th 2008 and a 1-1 home draw with Southend on December 30th 2006.
His assistants are: Richard Kendall and Lee Venamore. The Fourth Official is David Rock.