The Men In Black: Forest v Leeds

Mr. Anthony Bates from sunny Staffordshire gets the gig for the nPower Championship clash at the City Ground on Boxing Day, between Forest and Leeds.

Mr. Bates had the pleasure of refereeing two games involving the Reds’ last season and both ended in defeat for us. He took charge of the 3-0 defeat at Portsmouth and the 2-1 defeat at West Ham.

So far this campaign he’s taken charge of 14 games, in which he’s dished out 37 yellow cards and 2 red.

He will be ably assisted on the lines by Mr. Robert Merchant and Mr. Marc Perry. The fourth official will be Mr. Andy Woolmer.