Referee Neil Hair takes charge of Dale’s League One game at Doncaster on Saturday.

The Peterborough-based official is in his second season on the National List and this will be the second time we have seen him at a Dale match.

His only previous Dale appointment was just before Christmas 2018, when Neil was in the middle for our 2-1 win at Southend.

Mr Hair’s first EFL appointment was Oldham v MK Dons in August 2018 and since then he has refereed entirely in the two basement divisions, as well as a number of games in all three cup competitions.

His games have tended to be controversy-free and Neil is certainly not one of those referees whose name keeps cropping-up in managers’ post-match comments.

This will be his 22nd game of this season, with the previous 21 yielding 67 yellow cards and three red.

His most recent match was Port Vale v Salford last Saturday while Mr Hair has already been to Doncaster once this term, overseeing their 2-2 home draw with Burton Albion in November.

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