The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League Cup tie against Cardiff City is Simon Hooper from Wiltshire.
Simon started refereeing aged 15 and was appointed to the National Referees List in 2008.
He has only had three City games in his career. The last was the 2-1 win at AFC Bournemouth in February 2013.
The other two were the 1-0 defeat at West Ham United on Jan 2nd 2012 and the home defeat to Cardiff City on March 16th 2010.
His assistants are Michael George and Nigel Smith and the Fourth Official is Oliver Langford