Webster In Charge Of City V Sheffield United

Last updated : 12 January 2011 By Covsupport News Service

The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Championship game against Sheffield United is Colin Webster from Tyne & Wear.

Mr Webster is married with two children and has interests in property development and learning to fly. He is a Chartered Surveyor who took up refereeing in the North East in 1988. He was promoted to the Referees' List in 2000 and He was in charge of last season's League One Play-Off Final which saw Millwall beat Swindon 1-0.

This season, he has had 21 matches and shown 60 yellow cards and three red.

His last City match was the 1-0 defeat at West Brom back in March and previous games are the 2-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday in October 2009, the 2-0 home win over Norwich in August 2008, the 5-1 win at Colchester in April 2008, the 1-0 home defeat to Sheffield United in December 2007, the 3-0 defeat at Leicester in February 2007, the 3-1 defeat at Leeds in December 2005, the 2-1 defeat at Sheffield United in August 2005, the 1-0 home win over Watford in December 2004 and the 1-0 home win over West Ham in August 2004.

His assistants are Marc Perry from Sutton Coldfield & Oliver Yates from Staffordshire. The Fourth Official is Nick Hobbis from Birmingham.