Rotherham United welcome Luton Town for their first ever visit to the New York Stadium on Wednesday and the man in the middle is Andrew Madley from West Yorkshire.
Andy began refereeing in 2002 at the tender age of eighteen after an injury playing for the Academy at Huddersfield put paid to his playing career. In 2010 he was appointed as the Assistant Referee in the League One Play-Off Final and he also ran the line in the Premier League. He became a Football League Referee in 2011 and has been in the middle for Play-Off Final and FA Trophy Final games at Wembley. He first reffed a Premier League game in March 2018 at Vicarage Road when Watford took on Bournemouth.
This will be Andy’s second time in charge of the Millers this season, the first being at St Andrew’s Stadium in September when Rotherham took on Birmingham City. With it looking like it would be a goalless draw the visitors got a penalty after Jeremie Bela clipped the heels of Ben Wiles with Kieran Sadlier putting Rotherham in front with just three minutes to go. But in time added on a foul on Jon Toral by Billy Jones saw the Blues get a spot-kick which Bela scored with to make it one-all.
Before that the Millers and Andy met in May 2019 when Middlesbrough were the visitors to the New York Stadium. A Clark Robertson foul on Britt Assombalonga saw the ‘Boro striker pick himself up and score the resulting penalty on twenty-eight minutes with a John Obi Mikel eleven minutes later making it two-nil to the visitors. Four minutes from time Kyle Vassell, who had come off the bench and rattled the woodwork minutes earlier won a penalty which Michael Smith took to give the hosts a consolation goal.
Weeks before Andy was again at the New York Stadium with Aston Villa the visitors for a mid-week game. It was a game of three penalties with Tammy Abraham’s spot-kick being saved by Millers ‘keeper Marek Rodak and minutes later Villa’s Tyrone Mings saw a second yellow for handball in the area with Will Vaulks giving the hosts the lead from the twelve yard spot. Minutes after coming on Jonathan Kodjia put his penalty away after a handball from Semi Ajayi to equalise for Villa with Jack Grealish making it two-one to the visitors on fifty-one minutes.
In February of that season the Millers were at the Den in a goalless game when Andy was again in the middle and showed yellow cards to Richard Wood, Clark Robertson, Matt Crooks and Kyle Vassell.
Andy’s only other time in the middle for a Millers game was in September 2016 when Bristol City were the visitors at the New York Stadium. Izzy Brown opened the scoring for the hosts on six minutes with an Aden Flint own goal giving the Millers a two-nil lead. But goals from Tammy Abrahams and Bobby Reid in the last finite minutes of the game sent City home with a point. That afternoon Andy booked Lee Camp and Danny Ward of the Millers.
In the seven games Andrew has been in the middle for this season he has shown twenty yellow cards and one red card which was in the Europa League in September.
Running the line we have Edward Smart and Nick Hopton while Robert Lewis is the Fourth Official.
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