Bates to Referee on Saturday

Tony Bates from Staffordshire will referee next Saturday's League Two match at Edgar Street where Barnet will be the visitors.

Bates is no stranger to Hereford United. Although the Bulls haven't met him this season, he took charge of two games last season.

The first was at Edgar Street in August 2009 when the Bulls defeated Charlton 1-0 in the Carling Cup. Jony Godsmark scored the only goal.

The second was at Bury in January 2010. The Bulls lost this one 1-0 and then manager John Trewick was far from happy after the game.

"I'm just very annoyed with the referee quite frankly," Trewick told BBC Hereford and Worcester.

"It was clearly not a foul for the free kick from which they scored from.

"Their players said he just fell over.

"For me Craig King was fouled for a penalty when he was going through, Leon Constantine had his shirt pulled when he was having a headed attempt at goal from five or six yards out which has distracted him.

"I just feel hard done by again. I feel like I am having a moan again, which I guess I am."

To date this season Bates have refereed 30 games in which he has given out 81 yellow and 4 red cards.

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