Refwatch: Dale v Northampton
Mark Haywood will make the trip from Wakefield to take charge of Dale’s home game against Northampton on Saturday.
This will be his first appointment at the Crown Oil Arena since October 2015 when he refereed the 0-0 home draw with Coventry.
However, we have already seen Mark this season as he was in the middle for Dale’s FA Cup second round tie at Carlisle.
Mr Haywood has been a regular fixture at our matches since joining the league list in 2006 and Saturday will be his 21st Rochdale appointment in that time.
His full list of Dale games is:
Oct 06 Wrexham (a, JPT) D 1-1 (won on pens)
Apr 07 Barnet (h) L 0-2
Jul 07 Oldham (h, Rose Bowl) W 2-1
Aug 07 Stoke (h, CC) D 2-2 (won on pens)
Dec 07 Wrexham (h) D 0-0
Oct 08 Chester (h) W 6-1
Feb 10 Macclesfield (a) W 1-0
Dec 10 Peterborough (a) L 1-2
Apr 11 Southampton (h) W 2-0
Aug 11 Hartlepool (h) L 1-3
Mar 12 Walsall (h) D 3-3
Jul 12 Blackburn (h, Friendly) W 1-0
Mar 13 Gillingham (h) D 1-1
Sep 13 Torquay (h) W 1-0
Dec 13 Mansfield (h) W 3-0
Aug 14 Bristol City (h) D 1-1
Nov 14 MK Dons (a) D 2-2
Aug 15 Hull (a, COC) L 0-1
Oct 15 Coventry (h) D 0-0
Dec 16 Carlisle (a, FAC) W 2-0
So far this season, Mark has refereed 31 games, showing 109 yellow cards and six red. His last game was the 0-0 draw between Cambridge and Stevenage on Saturday.
His most recent match was Cheltenham v Colchester a week ago last Tuesday.
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