Mark Brown will referee Dale in a Lancashire derby for the second season running on Saturday.

Last October the Hull-based official was at Spotland for the 0-0 draw with Fleetwood in which Ashley Grimes missed a penalty and the visitors finished with ten men.

Currently in his fourth season as a league referee, this will be Mark’s sixth game involving Dale.

We first saw him in November 2010 at Spotland for the 3-3 draw with Swindon, while the following March he was in the middle for a 2-0 win at Hartlepool.

In April 2012 Mark refereed our final home game in League One, which ended in a 2-1 loss to MK Dons, while at the start of that campaign he was in charge of the goalless home draw with Carlisle.

So far this season he has refereed five games, showing eight yellow cards and one red. His most recent fixture was Burnley v Birmingham on Tuesday night.

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