Uriah Rennie takes charge of his third Liverpool game of the season as we travel down the M62 to face Manchester City.

The 47 year-old Community Liaison Manager from South Yorkshire is well into his second stint as a Premiership referee after being relegated to the Football League in 2000. He only found out about his demotion through the back pages of his local paper. Not only did the FA fail to notify Uriah of the decision, they also failed to notify FIFA and they appointed him to a U21 international match between France and Austria.

Rennie answered his critics by having one of his best seasons in 2001, resulting in his immediate promotion back to the Premiership.

He is probably not only one of the most recognisable officials in today's game, but he is possibly one of the fittest. Football is not the only sport in his life as he is an accomplished kick-boxer and an Aikido expert, if the players knew this maybe they wouldn't be as quick to surround him during a game.

Rennie is also a legal expert having earned a Masters in Business Administration in Law, and works as a magistrate in Sheffield. He once said "My work as a magistrate was never really linked to the fact that I was a ref. I became a ref because I wanted to be involved in football, but I also want to do my bit for the community." He also works in Leisure Management for Sheffield City Council.

Rennie has already refereed twice at Eastlands this season and the home team came away winners in both games, 1-0 against Arsenal in August and 2-1 against Everton on New Years' Day.

He has also refereed Liverpool twice as well this season, both games at Anfield and like City both games ended up with home victories.

Back in January 2003 he refereed our FA Cup 3rd round clash at Maine Road when a Danny Murphy penalty put us in the next round.

On the discipline front he has already amassed 120 yellow cards and 5 red ones in 38 matches in all competitions.

His assistants for this game are Roy Burton and Paul Norman with Mark Clattenburg as the fourth official.

Some memorable matches between Liverpool and Rennie.

16th January 1999 - Liverpool hit seven past Southampton at Anfield. Robbie Fowler bagged three.

10th January 2001 - Jari Litmanen makes his debut in a 2-1 semi-final 1st leg defeat at Crystal Palace.

1st January 2003 - A Danny Murphy penalty gives Liverpool a 1-0 win at Maine Road against Manchester City in the FA Cup 3rd
round.

29th August 2004 - Steven Warnock makes his full Premiership debut, Xabi Alonso and Luis Garcia appear in a Liverpool shirt for the first time in a 1-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers.

29th October 2005 - Bolo Zenden scores his first goal for Liverpool in a 2-0 win over West Ham United.

3rd December 2005 - Peter Crouch scored his first and second goals for Liverpool in a 3-0 win over Wigan Athletic.

1st February 2006 - Daniel Agger makes his Liverpool bow and Robbie Fowler makes his long awaited appearance back in a Liverpool shirt as we are held 1-1 at Anfield by Birmingham City.

9th December 2006 - Fulham are defeated 4-0 at Anfield, among the scorers is Jamie Carragher.