Referee for Barnsley

[Jerry St Clair]

Daniel Middleton takes charge of his first Town league game and only his 9th ever League One game.

He did take charge of the 4-1 defeat at Bristol Rovers in the Pizza Cup in September, but I think we're all trying to erase the dying embers of the Wade era from our memories, aren't we?

His stats seem fairly ordinary, averaging 4 bookings a game (including a certain C Thompson for Grimsby last week) and only a handful of red cards dished out so far this season.