Dale won’t want history to repeat itself when Gary Sutton takes charge of our Capital One Cup tie at Doncaster on Tuesday.

Mr Sutton was the man in the middle a year ago for the 3-4 home defeat to Keith Hill’s Barnsley at the same stage of the competition, when he sent-off The Tykes’ goalkeeper and awarded Dale two penalties!

Two months later he pointed to the spot THREE times at Plymouth, but while Argyle converted their two penalties, Bobby Grant missed for Dale in a 3-1 loss.

Tuesday will see Gary referee Dale for the tenth time and as the following list shows, we are still looking for our first win under his officiating:

Aug 2005 v Cheltenham (h), D 1-1

Dec 2005 v Wrexham (a), L 1-2

Nov 2006 v Barnet (a), L 2-3

Aug 2009 v Rotherham (a), L 1-2

Apr 2010 v Torquay (a), L 0-5

Feb 2011 v Walsall (a), D 0-0

Nov 2011 v Brentford (h), L 1-2

Aug 2012 v Barnsley (h, LC), L 3-4

Oct 2012 v Plymouth (a), L 1-3

Last season the Lincolnshire official handled 31 games, showing 85 yellow cards and eight red. He started this campaign with Shrewsbury v MK Dons on Saturday.

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