Meet the Referee – Andy Davies

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 referee spotlight focuses on Andy Davies, who was appointed the referee for the Swansea City v Derby County Championship game on Saturday, 5 April 2025.

Andy Davies Referee
Andy Davies

Referee Davies was assisted by Paul Hodskinson and Bhupinder Singh Gill, with Martin Woods the 4th Official for the game.

Name: Andy Davies
Born: Unknown
Birthplace: Hampshire, England

Background:
Davies made his debut as a football league referee in 2012 and has gone on to take charge of over 100 EFL games to date.

He is probably better known for being the only football league referee to have played professional football, having had to retire from the game at the age of 28 due to injury having played for Gillingham, Portsmouth and Yeovil.

Swans related Fact(s):
This was the 15th time that Andy Davies has officiated a Swansea City game and is his 9th Swansea City home game.

His first Swans game was the 2017/18 Carabao Cup win at Reading, when he brandished a yellow card to Martin Olsson and Leroy Fer and the latest being the home victory over Huddersfield Town in February 2020.

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
5 April 2025ChampionshipSwansea City1:0Derby County
14 December 2024ChampionshipSwansea City2:3Sunderland
5 October 2024ChampionshipSwansea City0:0Stoke City
1 January 2024ChampionshipSwansea City1:0West Bromwich Albion
18 October 2022ChampionshipSwansea City3:2Reading
5 April 2022ChampionshipMillwall0:1Swansea City
19 March 2022ChampionshipSwansea City0:0Birmingham City
25 January 2022 Championship QPR0:0Swansea City
4 December 2021ChampionshipMiddlesbrough1:0Swansea City
2 November 2021ChampionshipCoventry City1:2Swansea City
19 December 2020
Championship
Swansea City
2:0
Barnsley
22 February 2020
Championship
Swansea City
3:1
Huddersfield Town
23 November 2019
Championship
Swansea City
0:1
Millwall
21 August 2018
Championship
Swansea City
2:2
Leeds United
19 September 2017
Carabao Cup 3rd Round
Reading
0:2
Swansea City

In summary, Andy Davies record for Swansea City games is as follows:

Home Games
P10 W5 D3 L2

Away Games
P5 W3 D1 L1

Overall Record
P15 W8 D3 L3

This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 73%

You can also browse more information and stats about other referees who have officiated Swansea City games.