Dale’s final game of a busy March on Saturday will be refereed by JOHN MULLIGAN.
The Carlisle-based official is in his second season refereeing in the National League/combined National List, yet Saturday will already be his fifth appointment at Spotland.
In October 2023, John took charge of Dale’s 2-2 home draw versus Gateshead, although on that occasion he was a late replacement for the originally-appointed official.
Mr Mulligan was back at Spotland on Boxing Day last season for our 2-0 defeat of AFC Fylde, before he refereed Dale’s penultimate home game of the campaign, the 1-1 draw with Dorking Wanderers.
John’s fourth Spotland outing was last December when he was in the middle for the National League Cup match versus Manchester United U21.
He was also appointed to our FA Trophy home tie against Stockton Town in January, but didn’t referee the game when it was switched to the North-East
We have already seen Mr Mulligan in the league this term when he oversaw our 1-0 loss at York City in August.
John’s 16 matches across League One, League Two, the EFL Trophy and National League have produced 76 yellow cards.