Rotherham United ‘s second South Yorkshire home derby on the trot sees Doncaster Rovers at the New York Stadium for a 1pm kick-off on Saturday when the referee is Martin Coy from County Durham.
Martin began his refereeing career in Durham County in 2002, starting with the Durham Sunday League before progressing through numerous leagues up to the National League. The start of the 2017/18 season saw Martin move up to a Level One referee and officiating in League’s One and Two.
The last time he was in the middle for a Rotherham game was in February 2020 when a Matt Crooks goal just after half-time gave the Millers all three points away at Lincoln City. Earlier that season he was also in charge of our game at the Keepmoat Stadium against Doncaster Rovers. where Jake Hastie gave Rotherham a thirty-seventh minute lead. Unfortunately for Rotherham Rovers scored twice in the second half to give them a two-one win. Yellow cards were handed out to Richard Wood and Matthew Olosunde that day and Tom Anderson for the hosts.
New Years Day 2018 is the only time the Millers and Martin have met when Rotherham entertained Blackburn Rovers at the New York Stadium. A battling performance by the Millers that day but the visitors hit first on sixty-six minutes with a goal from Bradley Dack but after Semi Ajayi was moved up front and caused problems for Rovers the Millers got an equaliser in the eighty-ninth minute from David Ball. Ajayi and Charlie Mulgrew were yellow carded.
In the five games Martin has been in the middle for this season he has shown seven yellow cards, five of those on Tuesday night in the EFL Cup tie when Barrow entertained Aston Villa.
Running the line on Saturday we have Hristo Karaivanov and Kenwyn Hughes with the Fourth Official being Richard Woodward.
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