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Refwatch Preview: Aldershot (h)

Clive Oliver is the man in charge on Saturday when Aldershot make the long journey North to Spotland.

Northumberland’s Clive Oliver will be the man in the middle at Spotland on Saturday.

He is part of a unique double act in refereeing circles as his 23-year old son Michael Oliver (Not that one) is also a Football League referee.

Clive is in his fifth season on the referees’ list and we have seen him three times at Spotland.

He first appeared in October 2004 for a 2-1 loss to Cheltenham, while in November 2006 he was in charge of the FA Cup tie at home to Hartlepool which finished 0-0.

His most recent visit was in March when Chesterfield won 1-0 thanks to a last minute goal.

We also saw Clive at Darlington in August 2005 when he sent off the home side’s Matt Clarke in a 2-1 defeat for Dale.

Clive should have taken charge of another match at Spotland, but the fact he didn’t probably led to one of the biggest injustices in Dale history.

The game in question was against Lincoln in October 2005 when Clive was down as the appointed official.

He was moved to another game at the last minute, Russell Booth took over and ridiculously sent off Gareth Griffiths for an offence nobody apart from Keith Alexander saw!

Clive has refereed just seven games so far this season, with his most recent appointment coming on Tuesday when he was in the middle for Sheffield United v Southampton.

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