The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Shrewbury Town is Steven Rushton from Staffordshire.
The son of a Football League referee, Mr Rushton took up refereeing to earn some extra pocket money and help with his GCSE PE. He was an Assistant Referee before getting on the National List of Referees in 2007/2008.
Mr Rushton has been in charge of two City matches before. They were the 3-1 home win over Crawley Town. on November 6th 2012 and the 0-0 draw at Hull City on October 2nd 2010.
This season, he has had one game so far and that was Fleetwood's 1-0 win at Hartlepool on August 24th where he cautioned four players.
His Assistants are: Michael D'aguilar and Jonathan Hunt. The Fourth Official is Daniel Meeson
Source: Coventry MAD
Source: FOOTYMAD
