Blues have already had the pleasure of the Hampshire-based official refereeing one of their games so far this season as Mr Styles was the man in the middle for our 2-0 away defeat to Middlesbrough back on 1st September. Olivier Kapo, Fabrice Muamba and Medhi Nafti all picked up a yellow card at The Riverside on that day.
In total Rob Styles has taken charge of 15 games so far this season in which he has handed out 64 yellow cards and 8 reds.
R. Martin and G. Stott will be Rob Styles' assistants for the game at St James Park on Saturday afternoon.
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