The last Blues game that Steve Bennett refereed was in our 1-0 home win against Sunderland back on 25th February. No Blues players were booked on that occasion.
Steve Bennett had also taken charge of our 4-1 away defeat to Manchester City back on 17th December 2005. Nico Vaesen was shown a red card at Eastlands on that night whilst Stephen Clemence picked up a yellow card.
He had also been the referee in charge of our 2-2 home draw with Liverpool on 24th September 2005. Neil Kilkenny was sent-off that day whilst Kenny Cunningham and Jamie Clapham received yellow cards.
In total Steve Bennett has taken charge of 28 Premier League games so far this season in which he has handed out 106 yellow cards and 10 reds.
Mr A Garratt and Mr D Richards will be Steve Bennett's assistants for the game at The Reebok on Sunday afternoon.
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