Russell Booth started refereeing in 1984 in
He reached the National List of referees in 2004; his first league game he refereed was a 3-1 home win for Bury against Yeovil on 7 August 2004. Later in the 2004/05 season he officiated in his first Championship game, this was at Deepdale against
This season he has refereed 12 matches, producing 25 yellow cards with 2 red cards. His last game was on 28 February between Doncaster and
His assistants for the Palace match are Chris Francis from Cambridgeshire and John Magill from Essex, whilst the fourth official is Wade Norcott who is also from
Russell Booth and
23/08/05 PNE 2
05/02/05 PNE 3