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Refwatch v Bradford
Refwatch v Bradford
Friday, 15th Feb 2008 08:02

Dale travel to Bratfud this weekend, and they've only gone and given us a Yorkie to officiate in this game.

The ‘TVOS Theory of Yorkshire Referees’ will be put to the test on Saturday when we have a Yorkshire official (forget all this Humberside nonsense) in charge against a Yorkshire team.

 

Not only that, but Carl Boyeson has history with this particular encounter, as he was the men in the middle when Bradford won 5-0 at Spotland in the Carling Cup a few seasons ago.

 

He sent off Gary Jones that night, so let’s hope he isn’t waiting with his red card should Jonah make another indiscretion, especially as there are records to be broken.

 

We’ve already met Mr Boyeson once this season as he was in the middle for our 1-1 draw at Darlington in October. He had a reasonably good game that night, although his booking of Alfie – who allegedly dived despite being clattered by the goalkeeper – was a dreadful decision.

 

This will be Mr Boyeson’s tenth game in charge of Dale since joining the league list in 2002 and it’s fair to say he’s not one of our favourite officials.

 

Some of his decisions are bizarre, to say the least, including the red card he showed to Ernie Cooksey at Notts County a few years ago. It was overturned a few days later, but it didn’t mask a poor decision at the time.

 

We saw Mr Boyeson twice last season. He was at Spotland for the 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury at the end of September and then took charge of the 1-0 defeat at Hartlepool in December, a game which turned out to be Steve Parkin’s last as Dale manager.

 

However, although we haven’t been overly impressed with Mr B in the past, he went up in our estimation earlier this season for reporting bury fans who showered him with coins after their recent home loss to Brentford.

  

Anyway, let’s look back at Carl’s previous Dale games for a form guide:

 

31 August 2002            Rochdale v Southend U            D3       Lost 1-2

21 January 2003           Rochdale v Lincoln C               D3       Lost 0-1

03 January 2005           Notts Co v Rochdale                L2        Drew 0-0

09 April 2005               Rochdale v Leyton Orient         L2        Won 2-0

23 August 2005            Rochdale v Bradford C CC       Lost 0-5

25 April 2006               Rochdale v Barnet                    L2        Drew 1-1

30 September 2006      Rochdale v Shrewsbury T         L2        Drew 1-1

15 December 2006      Hartlepool U v Rochdale          L2        Lost 0-1

2 October 2007           Darlington v Rochdale   L2        Drew 1-1

  

Looks like we’re due a win then?

    5 famous Carls 

Karl Kennedy

Karl Douglas

Carl Cavanah

Carlisle

Carl Harris

Photo: Action Images



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