Rotherham United take on Port Vale in the next round of the Papa John’s Trophy on Tuesday night when the referee is Peter Wright from Merseyside.
Peter began his referee career in the Craven Minor Football League in Southport going on to referee the Liverpool County’s FA Academy Programme at both Premier League clubs in Merseyside. He also had a spell with the Durham County FA while at University in the area He began refereeing in League’s One and Two at the start of the 2018/19 season and this season he has been in charge of nineteen games showing fifty-two yellow cards and two red cards.
Peter has been in charge of the Millers just once before in a League One game in December 2019 when Fleetwood were the visitors to the New York Stadium. Ched Evans put the visitors in front on the twenty-sixth minute with Freddie Ladapo equalising in the second half. A minute later Evans put Fleetwood back in front but a Matt Crooks goal ten minutes from ten gave the hosts a point from the game. Joe Mattock, Trevor Clarke and Adam Thompson saw yellow for Rotherham in that game before Christmas with Town having Lewie Coyle booked.
In the seventeen games Peter has been in charge of this season he has shown fifty-four yellow cards and one red.
Running the line we have Simon Clayton and Daniel Woodward with Daniel Middleton the Fourth Official.
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