Man In The Middle - Bristol City

Walton, who has been on the official league list for eight years, is somewhat of a lucky omen for the Millers.

He's taken charge in 11 games in his time in the middle which have seen Rotherham win six and lose only one, a 2-1 defeat at Millwall two and a half years ago.

Walton took charge when Mike Pollitt was dismissed for deliberate handball at Crystal Palace and also sent Martin Butler off for a soft looking elbow offence at Blackpool last season, some of you may recall.

Here are Walton's stats for the current campaign:

Games refereed by P Walton in 2006/2007					Yellows	Reds
Football League Championship	Preston	0 - 0	Sheff Wed	05-08-2006	3	1
English Premier	Everton	2 - 1	Watford	19-08-2006	4	0
English Premier	Tottenham	2 - 0	Sheff Utd	22-08-2006	1	0
Football League Championship	Colchester	4 - 3	Derby	26-08-2006	2	0
English Premier	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Wigan	09-09-2006	1	0
Football League Two	Rochdale	0 - 2	Wycombe	16-09-2006	2	0
English Premier	Reading	1 - 1	Man Utd	23-09-2006	0	0
Football League One	Millwall	1 - 1	Brentford	26-09-2006	4	0
English Premier	Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Middlesbro	30-09-2006	4	0
Football League Championship	C Palace	1 - 2	Cardiff	14-10-2006	1	0
Football League Championship	Stoke	2 - 1	Sunderland	17-10-2006	3	0
Football League Championship	Preston	2 - 1	Hull City	21-10-2006	5	0
English League Cup	Liverpool	4 - 3	Reading	25-10-2006	2	0
Football League One	Bristol C	1 - 0	Doncaster	28-10-2006	3	0
Football League Championship	Derby	2 - 1	West Brom	04-11-2006	4	0
Football League Championship	Cardiff	1 - 0	Burnley	11-11-2006	6	0
Football League Two	Mansfield	0 - 2	Peterborough	18-11-2006	0	0
English Premier	Aston Villa	1 - 1	Middlesbro	25-11-2006	4	0
Games: 18 Yellow Cards: 49 Red Cards: 1

Mr Walton will be assisted by Nigel Bannister and Andy Halliday, both from the Yorkshire region.

The fourth Official will be Mr Craig Evans from Lincolnshire.

Note..we have had to move this feature to the 'Match Day' section to accomodate the new 'Poster Profiles' feature so cannot directly link you to previous articles of this nature. Apologies.