Marc Edwards will make the trip down from Gateshead to referee Saturday’s home game versus AFC Wimbledon.

Currently in his fourth season on the National List, Marc has refereed four previous Dale games, three ending in defeat, but one in an impressive victory.

That was early last season at Port Vale, where two Jake Beesley headers and a Corey O’Keeffe effort helped Dale to a fine 3-2 win.

In March, Edwards was in the middle for our 2-0 defeat at Carlisle and 12 months before that, he was at Spotland for the dire 2-0 home loss to Burton Albion, in which Dale had Ollie Rathbone sent-off for an ill-advised headbutt on an opponent!

Marc’s first Dale appointment was in November 2019 when we faced Coventry City at St Andrew’s, a match the ‘home’ side won 2-1.

Before Tuesday night, when he was at Sheffield Wednesday v Leicester City in the Papa John’s Trophy, Mr Edwards had refereed seven matches this season, showing 21 yellow cards.

One further piece of information, Marc’s wife is Helen Edwards, one of the female assistant referees on the National List, who has officiated at several Dale games, including this season’s home fixtures against Crewe Alexandra and Leyton Orient.

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