Refwatch Preview: Rotherham (a)

Gary Sutton is the man in charge of our game away at Rotherham. TVOS gives us our usual refwatch.

Rotherham (away)

Referee: Gary Sutton (Lincolnshire)

Sunday’s referee at the Don Valley Stadium has rejoined the league list this season after two years away.

Lincolnshire-based Gary Sutton was dropped from at the end of the 2006/07 campaign for poor marks, but he has fought his way back to such an extent that he refereed last season’s Blue Square Premier play-off final between Torquay and Cambridge.

He began this season in the middle at Aldershot v Darlington and will take charge of his second fixture on Sunday.

Gary’s last Dale game was in November 2006 when Tresor Kandol scored a hat-trick as we lost 3-2 at Barnet.

Prior to that, he refereed our 1-1 home draw with Cheltenham in August 2005, which was only his second match at league level.

He was also in charge at Wrexham on Boxing Day 2005, when a bizarre penalty awarded against Gareth Griffiths in our 2-1 defeat probably explains why he only lasted another 18 months on the league list!

REFWORLD PROFILE: http://www.refworld.com/referee/2339/1

Other famous Garys

Gary Glitter

Gary Speed

Gary Player

Gary Newbon

Gary Ablett

Gary Baldi

Other famous Suttons

Dave Sutton (Every list needs a Dave Sutton)

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