The referee for Friday's match at home to Hartlepool United will be Karl Evans.
Mr Evans' last game in charge of Rovers was last season's 2-0 home victory over Bristol Rovers, Aaron Cresswell and Ian Thomas-Moore the scorers.
In 2009-10 he has refereed 21 games, showing 70 yellow cards and three red in the process. His last game in charge was Leicester's 1-0 home win over Cardiff in the Championship.
The referee's assistants will be M Astley and S Ihringova with K Mattocks the fourth official.
