It’s been over a year, but Andy Haines returns to the Crown Oil Arena on Tuesday for Dale’s home fixture against Walsall.

The Tyne & Wear official will make his 23rd appearance at Dale’s home in a refereeing capacity and although we can’t confirm this, we think that is probably a record.

Andy was last at the Crown Oil Arena on the opening day of last season when Dale defeated Peterborough 2-0.

Further back in time, he was the referee in April 2010 on the day Dale 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

More recently, Mr Haines was the fourth official at Valley Parade last Saturday when Dale suffered a 4-0 defeat to Bradford.

However, as the man in the middle, he has refereed 18 games this term, showing 54 yellow cards and four red.

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