Meet the Referee – Andrew Kitchen

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

This week’s referee spotlight focuses on Andrew Kitchen, who was appointed the referee for the Swansea City v Bristol City EFL Championship game on Sunday, 29 September 2024.

Referee Kitchen was assisted by Andrew Fox and Hugh Gilroy, with Anthony Backhouse the 4th Official for the game.

Name: Andrew Kitchen
Birthplace: Durham

Background:
Kitchen joined the EFL as a match official at the start of the 2021/22 season and went on to officiate 29 games, issuing 69 yellow cards and two reds.

The Durham born official spent two years on the National League prior to his promotion to the Select Group 2 (SG2) list of officials, who predominately take charge of Championship matches.

Kitchen made his EFL Championship debut when he officiated the 1-1 draw between Queens Park Rangers and Swansea City in September 2023.

Swans related Fact(s):
This will be only the third time that referee Andrew Kitchen has officiated a Swansea City game.

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

In summary, Andrew Kitchen’s record for Swansea City games is as follows:

Home Games
P2 W0 D1 L1

Away Games
P1 W0 D1 L0

Overall Record
P3 W0 D2 L1

This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 67%

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Feature Image Credit: Stockport County FC