Fred Graham started refereeing in 1988 and progressed via local football and the Conference Leagues. He was promoted to the Referees list in 2004 with his first match being a 1-1 draw between Notts County and Chester on 7 August 2004.
He only remained at this level for one season and returned to the list of Panel Referees. However he was again promoted to the National List of Referees in 2006.
This will be his first Preston game he has taken charge of, his last Forest game was at Q.P.R on 18 October 2008 when the home side won 2-1 at Loftus Road. His last match was a 1-0 home victory for Bournemouth against Shrewsbury on 5 December 2009.
Season’s record:
|
Season: |
Matches: |
Yellow Cards: |
Red Cards: |
|
2009/10 |
10 |
24 |
2 |
|
2008/09 |
30 |
74 |
3 |
|
2007/08 |
27 |
42 |
2 |
|
2006/07 |
15 |
36 |
1 |
|
2005/06 |
Not on National list |
n/a |
n/a |
|
2004/05 |
29 |
100 |
3 |
His assistants will be David Benton from South Yorkshire and Danny Gratton of Staffordshire. The fourth official is Dean Whitestone who took charge of the Lilywhites 3-0 victory at Barnsley earlier in the season.