Scott Oldham is the man in the middle for Dale’s Carabao Cup first round tie at home to Burton Albion on Tuesday.
This is the second season running in which Scott has refereed Dale in this competition, as he took charge of our second-round victory at Shrewsbury last August.
The self-employed joiner from Poulton-le-Fylde, who is in his sixth campaign on the National List, has been a regular fixture at our games since 2017.
His first Dale appointment came in October that year when he oversaw a 1-0 home win over Bristol Rovers, although on that occasion he was a late replacement for Tom Nield.
Scott returned to Spotland in March 2018 for the 1-1 draw with AFC Wimbledon and then three weeks later, he was an 11th hour replacement for Andy Haines in Dale’s thrilling 3-3 draw with Portsmouth in which Matt Done scored a heart-breaking injury-time own goal.
Mr Oldham appeared at Spotland again in October 2018 for the 3-2 home loss to Doncaster, before taking charge at Walsall four months later where both Ethans — Ebanks-Landell and Hamilton — were on target in Dale’s 2-1 defeat of The Saddlers.
In November 2019, he was in the middle when Ipswich won 1-0 at Spotland on their first-ever visit to this part of Lancashire, before refereeing three of our games in the 2020/21 campaign.
Two of those appointments were both league fixtures against Accrington — Dale losing 2-1 at the Wham Stadium, but winning 3-1 at Spotland — and the FA Cup first round loss at home to Stockport.
More recently, Mr Oldham’s most recent Dale appointment was last November when he refereed the 2-2 home draw with Stevenage.
Dale Appointments
Oct 2017 v Bristol R (h), W 1-0
Mar 2018 v AFC Wimbledon (h), D 1-1
Apr 2018 v Portsmouth (h), D 3-3
Oct 2018 v Doncaster R (h), L 2-3
Feb 2019 v Walsall (a), W 2-1
Nov 2019 v Ipswich T (h), L 0-1
Oct 2020 v Accrington S (a), L 1-2
Nov 2020 v Stockport C (h, FAC), L 1-2
Apr 2021 v Accrington S (h), W 3-1
Aug 2021 v Shrewsbury T (a, CC), W 2-0
Nov 2021 v Stevenage (h), D 2-2
Tuesday will be Scott’s first game of the season.