Peter Wright will referee Dale’s rearranged midweek game at home to Salford City on Tuesday.

The Liverpool official is in his fifth season on the National List and this will be his fifth Dale game since elevating to that level and his seventh Dale appointment in total as the man in the middle.

We most recently saw Peter in August when he took charge of our 3-3 draw at Accrington in the Papa John’s Trophy, while his last Dale league appointment came in February 2021 when he was in the middle for the 0-0 home draw with Plymouth Argyle.

Three years ago he refereed Dale’s 2-1 home win over Carlisle in the Carabao Cup, while in 2018/19, Mr Wright was again at Spotland for another 2-1 victory, this time versus Gateshead in the FA Cup.

Four months earlier, Peter had been in the middle for Dale’s pre-season friendly at Tranmere, which ended in a comfortable 3-1 win for Keith Hill’s men.

The policeman also refereed Dale’s friendly at Marine in July 2012, which ended in rather bizarre circumstances just after 9.00pm!

Dale were 1-0 up, but with the light fading and Marine keen to save on the electricity bill, the official and both managers agreed to stop the game before the floodlights were needed!

Before Saturday, when he was due at Gateshead v Stevenage in the FA Cup, Peter had taken charge of 15 games this season, showing 50 yellow cards.

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