Nigel Miller will referee his 19th match involving Rochdale when we host Maidstone in the FA Cup on Tuesday night
The experienced County Durham official was thought to be retiring from duty in each of the last four seasons, but he gained good enough marks and passed the fitness tests to allow him to still referee at EFL level.
We last saw Mr Miller in August when he refereed Dale’s 3-1 home defeat of Chesterfield in the EFL Cup.
Nigel’s full list of Dale appointments is:
Dec 03 Rochdale v Boston W 1-0
Oct 04 Rochdale v Yeovil W 2-1
Nov 05 Rochdale v Chester D 2-2
Apr 07 Rochdale v Macclesfield W 5-0
Mar 08 Stockport v Rochdale L 0-2
Oct 08 Rochdale v Carlisle (JPT) D 2-2 (won on pens)
Nov 09 Rochdale v Notts Co W 2-1
Aug 10 Rochdale v Colchester L 1-2
Mar 11 Huddersfield v Rochdale L 1-2
Aug 11 Sheffield Wed v Rochdale L 0-2
Mar 12 Rochdale v Tranmere L 0-2
Oct 12 Rochdale v Morecambe L 1-2
Mar 13 Rochdale v Aldershot D 1-1
Mar 14 Rochdale v Portsmouth W 3-0
Aug 14 Rochdale v Bradford L 0-2
Apr 15 Rochdale v Swindon L 2-4
Jan 16 Barnsley v Rochdale L 1-6
Aug 16 Rochdale v Chesterfield (EFLC) W 3-1
So far this season Mr Miller refereed 14 games, showing 25 yellow cards and four red. His last match was Crewe v Plymouth in League Two on Saturday.