Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:22 am
The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game between Sheffield Wednesday and Cardiff City this Saturday.
Sheffield Wednesday host Cardiff City on Saturday January 20 for the game at Hillsborough and the match carries a 5.30pm kick off.
Referee: Roger East
Assistant Refs: Mark Scholes and Derek Eaton
Fourth Official: David Webb
Match Day referee East has officiated 17 games in 2017/18, showing 58 yellow cards and two red cards.
He took in 33 games in 2016/17 with a return of 140 yellow cards and five red cards.
His highest card that year was eight yellow cards which he showed in matches between Oxford v Millwall, MK Dons v Northampton and Brighton v Ipswich Town.
He took charge of 39 matches in 2015/16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 119 yellow cards and two red cards.
He was most card happy in the match between Brighton and Sheffield Wednesday in May with a total of eight yellows being shown.