Dale welcome official Phil Gibbs to Spotland this weekend to be the man in charge of Dale v Aldershot. Usual TVOS preview online now.

Second year referee Phil Gibbs will travel up the M6 from Birmingham to take charge of Saturday’s game against Aldershot.

The 43-year old assistant headteacher has never appeared at Spotland before, but we saw him at Notts County last October when he awarded the Magpies a dubious penalty from which they took the lead.

However, they reckoned without the might of Lee Thorpe, who scored twice in the second half as Dale won 2-1.

Mr Gibbs was back at Meadow Lane last Saturday when he took charge of County’s 5-0 thrashing of Bradford.

Last season Phil refereed two of Aldershot’s home matches.

The first was a humorous affair as the Shots came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with bury.

He was also at the Recreation Ground for Aldershot’s final home game of the season, which was a 2-2 draw with Chester.

REFWORLD PROFILE: http://www.refworld.com/referee/184/1

Other famous Phils

• Phil Tufnell
• Phil Collins
• Phil Collinson
• Phil Lynott
• Phil Mitchell
• Phil Hadland
• Phil Prosser
• Phil Mecrevice

Other famous Gibbs

• Barry Gibb
• Robin Gibb
• Maurice Gibb
• Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS)
• Gibbs SR Toothpaste

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