Meet the Referee – Roger East

Each week we take a close look at the referee assigned to the Swans game and look at their previous record when officiating our beloved Swansea City.

This week’s spotlight for our man in the middle falls on Roger East, who was appointed the referee for the Swans v Aston Villa Championship game on Wednesday, 26th December 2018.

Roger East
Roger East

Referee East was assisted by Matthew Wilkes and Derek Eaton, with Brett Huxtable the 4th Official for the game.

Name: Roger East
DOB: May 12, 1965
Birthplace: Wiltshire.

Interesting Fact:
Roger East is another referee whom made his Barclays Premier League debut in a Swansea City game, when he took charge of the Swans home game with Sunderland clash September 2012 and made quite an impact by showing Chico Flores a red card with 20 minutes to go!

Probably most recently remembered for his handling of the Swans v WBA game on Boxing Day 2015 – when he was adjudged by Baggies manager Tony Pulis to have missed two “stonewall penalties”.

Here are the all important facts and figures for each game that he has been a referee for a Swansea City game:

 

Date
 

Competition
 

Home Team
 

Score
 

Away Team
26-Dec-18
Championship
Swans
0:1
Aston Villa
7-Apr-18
Premier League
West Bromwich Albion
1:1
Swans
30-Sep-17
Premier League
West Ham United
1:0
Swans
31-Jan-17
Premier League
Swans
2:1
Southampton
27-Aug-16
Premier League
Leicester City
2:1
Swans
01-May-16
Premier League
Swans
3:1
Liverpool
12-Mar-16
Premier League
AFC Bournemouth
3:2
Swans
26-Dec-15
Premier League
Swans
1:0
West Bromwich Albion
26-Sept-15
Premier League
Southampton
3:1
Swans
16-Mar-15
Premier League
Swans
0:1
Liverpool
26-Dec-14
Premier League
Swans
1:0
Aston Villa
23-Sept-14
League Cup 3rd Round
Swans
3:0
Everton
28-Dec-13
Premier League
Aston Villa
1:1
Swans
01-Sept-12
Premier League
Swans
2:2
Sunderland
16-Mar-10
Championship
Swans
0:2
West Bromwich Albion
20-Nov-09
Championship
Swans
1:0
Derby County
14-Mar-09
Championship
Swans
1:3
Crystal Palace
12-Feb-08
League One
Swans
1:0
Walsall

In summary, Roger East’s record for Swansea City games is as follows:

Home Games
P12 W7 D1 L4

Away Games
P6 W0 D2 L4

Overall Record
P18 W7 D3 L8

This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 55%

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