A R Hall from the West Midlands is the referee for City v Preston. Records show he's been a league referee for the past 10 seasons with the oldest game I can find involving Cardiff City a 1 - 0 defeat at Rotherham in March 1999.
Other noticable City matches include a 5 - 0 home win for City over Gillingham in our first season back in the Championship.
Last season he issued 112 yellow and 7 red cards in 35 games. His assistants are O Langford and J A Sheffield with the Fourth Official : S J Bratt