He was the man in the middle for three Iron matches last season, in games against Coventry City, Sheffield United and Burton Albion respectively.
Throughout the 2015-16 campaign, the official from Tyne & Wear refereed 27 fixtures and, in those, he cautioned 85 players and sent off five.
He’ll be joined on Monday by assistant referees Paul Marsden and Wayne Grunnill, with Declan Ford taking up the role of fourth official.
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