Richard Clark is the man in the middle for Dale’s midweek trip to Notts County on Tuesday.

The Northumberland official is in his third season on the league list and Dale will always provide him with good memories as his debut match at this level was our 1-1 draw at Chesterfield in August 2012.

We then saw him again later in the campaign when he refereed the exciting 2-2 home draw with promotion-bound Port Vale.

Last season Mr Clark officiated at Dale’s 2-1 home loss to Fleetwood, while earlier this term he was again at Spotland for the FA Cup replay against Northampton.

So far this season, Richard has refereed 22 matches, showing 65 yellow cards and four red.

His most recent fixture was Crewe v Scunthorpe last Saturday, while in January he refereed Notts County’s game at Doncaster.

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