Dale’s play-off semi-final at home to Scunthorpe United on Sunday will be refereed by JAMIE O’CONNOR.

This will be the Chesterfield official’s sixth Dale game since we joined the National League and the third at Spotland, the most recent being our 3-0 win over Yeovil Town earlier this season.

Jamie’s other Spotland appointment was for the 5-1 defeat of Hartlepool United in our final home fixture of the regular campaign a year ago.

Other Dale games refereed by Mr O’Connor are a 2-0 loss at Solihull Moors at the start of October 2023 and then the 3-2 loss at Wealdstone six weeks later.

He also took charge of Dale’s FA Cup fourth qualifying round win at AFC Fylde in October 2024.

Jamie received a mid-season promotion to the National League in 2022/23 and went on to referee six fifth tier fixtures in the remainder of that campaign, as well as another 17 in 2023/24.

Last term saw him officiate 23 games across the National League, League One, League Two, while he has overseen 31 matches at the same levels this season, the majority coming in the EFL and its related competitions.

Mr O’Connor has shown 113 yellow cards and six red cards in those games, the most recent of which was Northampton v Barnsley in League One last Tuesday

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