Referee, Millers v Cheltenham

The Referee chosen to officiate Rotherham United's final home game of the season on Saturday against Cheltenham Town is...

Mr Scott Mathieson from Cheshire.

Mr Mathieson was born on 31st March 1963, and began refereeing around Stockport and Cheshire before progressing to the Northern League.
He was promoted to the Football League assistant Referee's list in 1990, before making the National list of Referee's in 1994.
His biggest moments so far, came in the 2001-2002 season when he was chosen as 4th official at the Worthington Cup Final between Blackburn and Tottenham as well as the FA Vase Final at Villa Park.

His most recent games in charge of a Millers game make grim reading for all United fans.
19-09-06 Rotherham 2 Norwich 4 Carling Cup
25-02-06 Rotherham 0 Chesterfield 4 League
22-02-05 Sunderland 4 Rotherham 1 League
14-09-02 Sheff Utd 1 Rotherham 0 League
21-04-02 Crewe 2 Rotherham 0 League
23-10-01 Walsall 3 Rotherham 2 League

So far this season he has officiated at 35 games, booking 78 (2.2 per game) and sending off 8.

League 1 Sat 05 Aug 2006 Swansea 1-2 Cheltenham 1 Yellow 0 Reds.

The Championship Tue 08 Aug 2006 Hull 2-3 Barnsley 1 0.

League 1 Sat 12 Aug 2006 Chesterfield 5-1 Millwall 3 0.

League 1 Sat 19 Aug 2006 Carlisle 3-1 Leyton Orient 2 0.

League 2 Sat 09 Sep 2006 Wrexham 2-1 Swindon 5 0.

League 1 Sat 16 Sep 2006 Bradford 2-0 Port Vale 1 1.

Carling Cup Tue 19 Sep 2006 Rotherham 2-4 Norwich 7 0.

The Championship Sat 30 Sep 2006 Sunderland 1-0 Sheff Wed 2 0.

The Championship Sat 14 Oct 2006 Wolverhampton 1-0 Colchester 4 0.

League 2 Sat 21 Oct 2006 Darlington 2-0 Barnet 4 0.

League 2 Sat 28 Oct 2006 Hereford 1-0 Accrington Stanley 3 0.

FA Cup Sat 11 Nov 2006 Wycombe 2-1 Oxford Utd 3 0.

The Championship Sat 18 Nov 2006 Leeds 0-3 Southampton 1 0.

League 2 Sat 25 Nov 2006 Rochdale 2-0 Mansfield 1 0.

FA Cup Sun 03 Dec 2006 Bristol City 4-3 Gillingham 1 0.

League 1 Sat 09 Dec 2006 Blackpool 1-1 Swansea 2 0.

The Championship Sat 23 Dec 2006 Sheff Wed 3-3 Southampton 2 0.

The Championship Tue 26 Dec 2006 West Brom 4-2 Preston 4 1.

The Championship Mon 01 Jan 2007 Leicester 0-2 Sunderland 2 0.

FA Cup Fri 05 Jan 2007 Bristol Rovers 1-0 Hereford 2 0.

League 2 Sat 13 Jan 2007 Hartlepool 1-0 Milton Keynes Dons 5 1.

League 2 Tue 30 Jan 2007 Mansfield 5-0 Torquay 0 0.

The Championship Sat 03 Feb 2007 Sunderland 2-0 Coventry 2 0.

League 1 Sat 17 Feb 2007 Cheltenham 1-0 Bournemouth 0 0.

The Championship Tue 20 Feb 2007 Ipswich 0-1 Wolverhampton 1 0.

The Championship Sat 24 Feb 2007 Crystal Palace 2-1 Luton 1 1.

League 2 Sat 03 Mar 2007 Darlington 0-0 Walsall 2 0.

League 2 Fri 09 Mar 2007 Wrexham 1-1 Bury 2 2.

League 1 Sat 17 Mar 2007 Carlisle 1-1 Huddersfield 3 1.

League 2 Sun 25 Mar 2007 Lincoln City 2-3 Swindon 2 0.

The Championship Sat 31 Mar 2007 Barnsley 1-2 Derby 2 0.

The Championship Sat 07 Apr 2007 Leeds 2-1 Plymouth 2 0.

League 2 Mon 09 Apr 2007 Hartlepool 1-0 Accrington Stanley 2 1.

League 1 Sat 14 Apr 2007 Chesterfield 0-1 Gillingham 0 0.

League 1 Sat 21 Apr 2007 Carlisle 1-3 Bristol City 3 0

Mr Mathieson will be assisted on Saturday by....
Russell C Green...Lancashire
Mark Heywood...Cheshire

4th Official will be...
Jock Waugh...Yorkshire

N.B The last 2 games has seen a late Referee change by the League so apologies for providing the wrong information.

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