The familiar figure of Andy Haines will referee Dale’s home clash against Northampton Town on Tuesday.

Mr Haines will be taking take charge of his 32nd Dale match and the 30th at Spotland, which we are confident is a record for the club by a considerable distance.

We last saw Andy on Boxing Day 11 months ago when he refereed Dale’s 3-2 home defeat to Fleetwood.

He had also been at Spotland earlier last term for the 5-2 win over Bolton in the Carabao Cup.

Further back in time — and hopefully an omen for Tuesday — Mr Haines’ most notable Dale game came on 17th April 2010 when we clinched promotion from League Two with a 1-0 victory over Northampton.

The full list of Andy’s Dale matches is:

Sep 07 Rochdale v Macclesfield D 1-1
Jan 08 Chesterfield v Rochdale W 4-3
Apr 08 Rochdale v Bradford W 2-1
Sep 08 Rochdale v Chesterfield W 2-1
Apr 09 Rochdale v Port Vale W 1-0
Jul 09 Rochdale v Everton (friendly) L 1-4
Aug 09 Rochdale v Cheltenham L 0-1
Apr 10 Rochdale v Northampton W 1-0
Jul 10 Rochdale v Bolton (friendly) D 1-1
Oct 10 Rochdale v Yeovil L 0-1
Jan 11 Rochdale v Leyton Orient D 1-1
Jul 11 Rochdale v Leeds (friendly) L 0-1
Aug 11 Rochdale v Huddersfield D 2-2
Nov 11 Rochdale v Preston (JPT) D 1-1 (lost on pens)
Jul 12 Rochdale v Hull (friendly) L 0-1
Sep 12 Rochdale v Burton L 0-1
Feb 13 Rochdale v Chesterfield D 1-1
Jul 13 Rochdale v Blackburn (friendly) D 2-2
Aug 13 Rochdale v Chesterfield D 2-2
Jul 14 Rochdale v Wigan (friendly) W 2-1
Apr 15 Rochdale v Port Vale W 1-0
Jul 15 Rochdale Blackburn (h, friendly), W 2-1
Aug 15 Rochdale v Peterborough W 2-0
Nov 16 Rochdale v Walsall W 4-0
Mar 17 Rochdale v Gillingham W 4-1
Aug 17 Shrewsbury v Rochdale L 2-3
Dec 17 Rochdale v Walsall D 1-1
Oct 18 Rochdale v Charlton W 1-0
Apr 19 Rochdale v Wycombe W 1-0
Aug 19 Rochdale v Bolton (CC) W 5-2
Dec 19 Rochdale v Fleetwood L 2-3

Before the weekend, when he was appointed to Accrington v Lincoln, Andy had refereed 11 matches this season, in which he showed 28 yellow cards and one red.

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