Barring any late changes, Chris Foy of Merseyside will be in the middle for Blues’ FA Cup 3rd round game against Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday. Here is a look at his stats.

Season Performance

Mr Foy has been in the middle for eighteen games this season, showing thirty-two yellow cards and no reds. As a ref on the Elite list Mr Foy generally refs Premier League games and thus hasn’t refereed any games at Championship level this term.

Last Blues Game Refereed

Mr Foy was last in the middle for a Blues game for the playoff second leg against Blackpool on May 9 of last year, which finished 2-2. In that game he showed four yellow cards, to Nikola Zigic and Nathan Redmond of Blues and to Neil Eardley and Gary Taylor-Fletcher of Blackpool. He wasn’t mentioned in my match reflections which usually points to a positive game.

Mr Foy has been no stranger to controversy, with the FA having to deny that he had been demoted from the elite list in October after his performance in the controversial game between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur which finished 3-2 to the London side. Sir Alex Ferguson ranted after the game that Mr Foy hadn’t allowed enough injury time (which in my mind is slightly ironic) and that he had turned down two clear penalties.

This follows incidents where he was criticised for sending off Vincent Kompany in the Manchester derby and for missing various incidents in a match between Spurs and Stoke.

All stats from Soccerbase