Championship ref in charge at Vale tomorrow
Tony Harrington will be the man in the middle when Town visit Port Vale on Good Friday.
Thursday, 29th March 2018, 5:07 pm
It’s only the second time he’s refereed an EFL match outside the Championship this season.
Friday’s game comes almost exactly two years since he last encountered the Spireites, when they lost 1-0 to Oldham on 28th March 2016.
Chesterfield have won two and lost two of their games he’s officiated.
One of those games came in January 2014, when Bury boss David Flitcroft – now manager of Town’s bitter rivals Mansfield – slammed Harrington’s performance.
Danny Mayor was shown a straight red card for a studs-up challenge on Matt Brown and Harrington later overruled his assistant’s offside flag to allow one of Chesterfield’s goals in the 4-0 win.
This season the referee has dished out 104 yellow cards in 30 appearances, along with five red cards.