Nigel Miller will referee his 20th match involving Rochdale when we host Coventry on Easter Monday.
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.
This will be his third game at the Crown Oil Arena this season after he took charge of the EFL Cup defeat of Chesterfield in August and the FA Cup replay win over Maidstone in November.
His 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
Nov 16 Rochdale v Maidstone (FAC) W 2-0
Before Good Friday, when he was in the middle at Shrewsbury v Walsall, Nigel had refereed 36 games this season, showing 80 yellow cards and eight red.