Hull referee Carl Boyeson will be the man in the middle for Dale’s trip to Chesterfield on Saturday.

Having joined the league list in 2002, Saturday will be Carl’s 18th game involving Dale, with one of the most incident-packed coming at Notts County in January 2005.

The match finished 0-0 and was a fairly timid affair, but Mr Boyeson sent off Dale’s Gareth Griffiths and Ernie Cooksey as we finished the afternoon with only nine men.

Cooksey’s red card was later rescinded, meaning he was free to take part in the FA Cup tie at Charlton five days later.

Last season Carl refereed two Dale games and he proved a lucky charm as they produced six points.

In September he was in charge of the 1-0 home defeat of bury and in late-March he was the man in the middle as Dale won 2-0 at Wycombe.

Carl’s full record at Dale matches is:

Aug 2002 Rochdale v Southend U D3 Lost 1-2

Jan 2003 Rochdale v Lincoln C D3 Lost 0-1

Jan 2005 Notts Co v Rochdale L2 Drew 0-0

Apr 2005 Rochdale v Leyton Orient L2 Won 2-0

Aug 2005 Rochdale v Bradford C CC Lost 0-5

Apr 2006 Rochdale v Barnet L2 Drew 1-1

Sep 2006 Rochdale v Shrewsbury T L2 Drew 1-1

Dec 2006 Hartlepool U v Rochdale L2 Lost 0-1

Oct 2007 Darlington v Rochdale L2 Drew 1-1

Feb 2008 Bradford C v Rochdale L2 Won 2-1

Oct 2008 Morecambe v Rochdale L2 Drew 1-1

Apr 2010 Rochdale v Bournemouth L2 Drew 0-0

Jan 2011 Rochdale v Tranmere L1 Won 3-2

Feb 2012 Rochdale v Bournemouth L1 Won 1-0

Mar 2013 Morecambe v Rochdale L2 Lost 0-3

Sep 2013 Rochdale v bury L2 Won 1-0

Mar 2014 Wycombe v Rochdale L2 Won 2-0

Carl started this season refereeing Watford v Bolton last Saturday.

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