The referee currently appointed to take charge of Coventry City's next game, the trip to Bristol City is Scott Mathieson from Stockport.
Scott started refereeing after seeing an advert in his local paper, inviting prospective Referees to join a course. A former Stockport County trialist, he progressed through the Mid-Cheshire and Northern Premier leagues and Conference and on to the League line in 1990. In 1994, he refereed his first Football League game when Carlisle United played Wigan Athletic.
His last City game was the 4-1 win at Barnsley in August 2007. Other City matches include the 2-0 defeat at Sunderland in February 2007, the 2-2 at Burnley in October 2004, the 2-1 home defeat to Preston in November 2002.
This season he has had 36 matches and shown 88 yellow cards and 2 red.
His assistants will be Andy Davies from Hampshire and Tony Horton from Wolverhampton. The fourth official will be William Bull from Hampshire.