It will be the first ime Ryan has officiated Cardiff or West Ham this season. His last game in charge was this midweek at the Madejski when Walsall shocked Reading with a 1 - 0 win.
Ryan is quite card happy. 11 games so far this season has seen 28 yellows issued and 5 red. Three red cards in one game.
His first game of the season was the televised Notts Forest v Sunderland tie on Aug 9th. That produced a home 2 - 0 win. I'd settle for that tomorrow as well.
| Games refereed by Michael Ryan in 2003/2004 | Yellows | Reds | ||||
| English Division 1 | Nottm Forest | 2 - 0 | Sunderland | 09-08-2003 | 3 | 0 |
| English Division 3 | Scunthorpe | 1 - 1 | Oxford | 23-08-2003 | 1 | 0 |
| English Division 1 | Derby | 0 - 1 | West Brom | 30-08-2003 | 5 | 0 |
| English Division 3 | Carlisle | 3 - 2 | Rochdale | 13-09-2003 | 2 | 0 |
| English Division 2 | Wycombe | 1 - 2 | Colchester | 16-09-2003 | 1 | 3 |
| English Division 2 | Wrexham | 2 - 2 | Plymouth | 20-09-2003 | 3 | 0 |
| English League Cup | Stoke | 0 - 2 | Gillingham | 23-09-2003 | 4 | 1 |
| English Division 2 | Sheff Wed | 0 - 0 | Grimsby | 27-09-2003 | 2 | 0 |
| English Division 2 | Stockport | 0 - 0 | Chesterfield | 04-10-2003 | 1 | 1 |
| English Division 1 | Crewe | 2 - 2 | Bradford | 14-10-2003 | 4 | 0 |
| English Division 1 | Reading | 0 - 1 | Walsall | 21-10-2003 | 2 | 0 |
| Games: 11 Yellow Cards: 28 Red Cards: 5 | ||||||