Peter Wright will referee Dale’s League One fixture at home to Plymouth Argyle on Saturday.
The Liverpool official is in his third season on the National List and this will be his third Dale game since elevating to that level and his fifth Dale appointment in total as the man in the middle.
We most recently saw Peter early last season when he refereed Dale’s 2-1 home win over Carlisle in the Carabao Cup, while in 2018/19 he was again at Spotland for another 2-1 victory, this time versus Gateshead in the FA Cup.
Four months earlier, Mr Wright had been in the middle for Dale’s pre-season friendly at Tranmere, which ended in a comfortable 3-1 win for Keith Hill’s men.
The policeman also refereed Dale’s friendly at Marine in July 2012, which ended in rather bizarre circumstances just after 9.00pm!
Dale were 1-0 up, but with the light fading and Marine keen to save on the electricity bill, the official and both managers agreed to stop the game before the floodlights were needed!
So far this term Peter has taken charge of 21 games, showing 64 yellow cards and three red. His last match was Accrington v Northampton a fortnight ago