The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's Capital One Cup tie against Birmingham City tomorrow night is Dean Whitestone from Northampton.
Dean started refereeing in Northampton in 1992 and it was his father who was a class one referee, who got him interested. He progressed through the United Counties League, The Southern League, The Conference and onto the Football League as a referee in 2005/2006.
His last City game was the 3-0 win at Portsmouth in April 2011. Previous City games he has been in charge of are: the 1-1 draw against Blackpool on January 30th 2010, the 2-1 win at Northampton Town in a Jackson Grundy Cup game in July 2009, the 2-1 win at Charlton on December 9th 2008, the 1-0 home win over QPR on September 20th 2008, the 1-1 home draw with Southend on December 30th 2006.
His assistants are Mark Jones and David Richardson. Fourth Official Anthony Tankard.