Referee Kevin Friend
Assistant 1 Simon Beck
Assistant 2 Paul Thompson
4th Official Danny McDermid
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39 year old Kevin Friend started refereeing at the age of 13 in his home county of Leicestershire.
He was promoted to the Premier League for season 2009/ /2010 for which his regualr employer, the Royal Mail, gave him a three year career break.
His first Premier League fixture was on 20 September 2009, a 2-1 victory for Wolverhampton Wanderers over Fulham.
Kevin upset Sunderland boss Steve Bruce (who hasn't?) a couple of weeks ago, when he initially awarded a free kick to Liverpool outside the Sunderland box, but awarded a penalty when advised by his assistant.
TV replays showed his original decision to be the correct one.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... anger.html
Mr Friend scores an average of 2.5 stars on rate your ref
http://rateyourref.co.uk/referee/Kevin-Friend
Career Stats:
Season........Games......Yellow cards......Red cards
2010/11.........27...............87................5
2009/10.........34..............133................7
2008/09.........46..............124................6
2007/08.........41..............100...............11
2006/07.........34...............87................6
2005/06.........21...............45................2
Averages for last three seasons: Yellow Cards: 3.21 per game; Red Cards: 0.17 per game
Reading FC record
Championship Su 26 Dec 2010 Reading 4 - 1 Bristol C
bookings:
Reading: Armstrong.
Bristol City: Caulker, Elliott, Rose, Skuse, Stewart
Championship Sa 24Apr 2010 Watford 3 - 0 Reading
bookings:
Reading: Griffin , Khizanishvili
Watford: Eustace , Graham , Martin Taylor
Championship Tu 08 Dec 2009 Reading 2 - 4 C Palace
bookings
Reading: -
Crystal Palace: Butterfield, Clyne, Moses.
Championship Fr 10 Apr 2009 Reading 0 - 1 Sheff Utd
bookings:
Reading: Armstrong, Duberry.
Sheff Utd: Howard.
Championship Sa 04 Oct 2008 Reading 3 - 1 Burnley
bookings:
Reading: Armstrong.
Burnley: Paterson, Caldwell, Jordan. Sent Off: Jordan (90 mins).
Carling Cup Tu 28 Aug 2007 Swansea 0 - 1 Reading
bookings:
Reading: Sodje, Halls, Cisse, Fae. Sent Off: Sodje (58 mins).
Swansea: Monk.
Championship Tu 09Aug 2005 Brighton 0 - 2 Reading
bookings:
Reading: Sidwell, Kitson, Oster.
Brighton: Reid.