Away Referee For City V Hull City

Last updated : 07 December 2011 By Covsupport News Service

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game against Hull City on Saturday is Paul Tierney from Lancashire.

Paul got into refereeing after seeing a poster advertising a referees course at a sports centre. He was appointed to the Referees list in 2008.

So far this season, he has had seventeen matches and shown 59 yellows and eight red cards. Of those seventeen game (two of which were Championship matches), the home side has only won four times, with four draws.

The good news is that City have not lost a game he has been in charge of.

His last City game was the 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough back in August and his only other City match was the 0-0 draw at Reading in December 2010

His assistants are Geoff Law from Leicestershire and David Naylor from Nottinghamshire. The Fourth Official is Michael Blackledge from Cambridgeshire.