Match officials for Reading v Cardiff

Mr Evans is in his third season of refereeing the Football League and in each of his previous seasons he's taken control of a City game. In 2002 / 03 he was at London Rd when Peterborough beat City 2 - 0 and at Ninian Park last season when the Bluebirds beat Watford 3 - 0.

Mr Evans is from Greater Manchester and his assistants are Bob Desmond from Wiltshire and Tony Horton from the West Midlands.