Rushton The Ref For City V Crawley

Last updated : 05 November 2012 By Covsupport News Service

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game agaiinst Crawley Town on Tuesday night at the Ricoh Arena is Stephen Rushton from Staffordhire.

The son of a Football League referee, Mr Rushton took up refereeing to earn some extra pocket money and help with his GCSE PE. He was an Assistant Referee before getting on the National List of Referees in 2007/2008.

His last City game was the 0-0 draw at Hull City on October 2nd 2010 and his only previous other game was a 0-0 pre-season game at Shrewsbury Rown on July 27th 2010,

This season, Mr Rushton has had 13 matches and shown 42 yellow cards and eight red cards.

His assistants are Danny Gratton and Sarah Garratt. The Fourth Official is Geoff Law.