Humberside referee Carl Boyeson will be the man in the middle when Dale travel to the Globe Arena for the second time this season on Saturday.
This will be the second time Carl has refereed this fixture, as he was also in the middle for the 1-1 draw at Christie Park in October 2007 in what was the teams’ first meeting in league action.
The Hull-based official has been a regular at Dale games down the years, although this is the first time we have seen him since February 2012 when he refereed the 1-0 home defeat of Bournemouth.
That was his 14th 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 Carl 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Cooksey’s red card was later rescinded, meaning he was free to take part in the FA Cup tie at Charlton five days later.
Mr Boyeson’s full record at Dale matches is:
31 August 2002 Rochdale v Southend U D3 Lost 1-2
21 January 2003 Rochdale v Lincoln C D3 Lost 0-1
03 January 2005 Notts Co v Rochdale L2 Drew 0-0
09 April 2005 Rochdale v Leyton Orient L2 Won 2-0
23 August 2005 Rochdale v Bradford C CC Lost 0-5
25 April 2006 Rochdale v Barnet L2 Drew 1-1
30 September 2006 Rochdale v Shrewsbury T L2 Drew 1-1
15 December 2006 Hartlepool U v Rochdale L2 Lost 0-1
2 October 2007 Darlington v Rochdale L2 Drew 1-1
16 February 2008 Bradford C v Rochdale L2 Won 2-1
18 October 2008 Morecambe v Rochdale L2 Drew 1-1
5 April 2010 Rochdale v Bournemouth L2 Drew 0-0
1 January 2011 Rochdale v Tranmere L1 Won 3-2
18 February 2012 Rochdale v Bournemouth L1 Won 1-0
So far this season Carl has refereed 25 games, showing 56 yellow cards and two red. His most recent fixture was Shrewsbury v Stevenage last Saturday, while he also took charge of Morecambe’s FA Cup second round tie at Coventry in December.