Mark Haywood will make the trip from Wakefield to take charge of Dale’s FA Cup second round tie at Carlisle on Saturday.
This will be his first Dale game in over a year as we last saw him in October 2015 at the 0-0 home draw with Coventry.
A couple of months earlier Mark was in the middle for Dale’s Capital One Cup tie at Hull, which The Tigers won 1-0.
Mr Haywood has been a regular fixture at our matches since joining the league list in 2006 and Saturday will be his 20th 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
So far this season, Mark has refereed 17 games, showing 55 yellow cards and four red.
His most recent match was Cheltenham v Colchester a week ago last Tuesday.