Sat Oct 22, 2016 10:56 am
Nottingham Forest Vs Cardiff City: Man in the middle
By Jamie Kemble
Select group 2 referee Andy Woolmer will be in the middle for Saturday evenings game between Nottimgham Forest and Cardiff live on Sky.
Woolmer is one of the most experienced Championship referees and has already refereed Cardiff this season. He was in charge of Cardiff’s 1-0 defeat to Reading at the Cardiff City Stadium in August.
The Northampton-based referee has refereed the Nottingham Forest v Cardiff fixture once before on December 31st 2011. Cardiff won 1-0 that day and will be hoping for a similar result this time round.
Cardiff have a good record with Woolmer as referee, They have won seven, drawn two and lost just once in the ten games he has refereed them in.
So far this season, he has refereed eight Championship matches and has also been in the middle for three EFL Cup games and two EFL Trophy games.
Woolmer will be assisted by Christopher Akers and Daniel Robathan while the Fourth Official is League one and Two referee John Brooks.