Apparently this Wednesday we're going to do something a bit bizarre and actually play a game of football. The man in charge is Andy Penn of the West Midlands.

Andy Penn will take charge of his sixth Dale game when we play our annual Boxing Day fixture against Wrexham.

The last time we saw him was at Accrington early last season when he correctly awarded Stanley a second half penalty, only to turn down two very good shouts for Dale spot-kicks late in the game.

Mr Penn also failed to impress Dale fans at Boston in September 2005 when he allowed the home side to get away with any sort of challenge they liked. This included Alan White kicking the ball out of the ground in temper, which never even resulted in a booking, never mind anything else.

We just knew then that White would score the winner, which he did as the Pilgrims triumphed 3-2.

Otherwise Mr Penn tends to keep a low profile and is one of those officials who never really grabs the headlines. He’s what they call a ‘Football League plodder’!


Other famous Andys

• Andy Capp
• Andy Pandy
• Andy D’Urso
• Andy Cole (pre-Andrew days)
• Andy Man

Other famous Penns

• Sean Penn
• Parker
• Biro
• Highlighter
• Felt Tip

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