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 Sunderland Championship game on Saturday, 14 December 2024.
Referee Davies was assisted by Lee Venamore and George Byrne, with Ollie Yates 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 14th time that Andy Davies has officiated a Swansea City game and is his 8th 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
|
| 14 December 2024 | Championship | Swansea City | 2:3 | Sunderland |
| 5 October 2024 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:0 | Stoke City |
| 1 January 2024 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:0 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 18 October 2022 | Championship | Swansea City | 3:2 | Reading |
| 5 April 2022 | Championship | Millwall | 0:1 | Swansea City |
| 19 March 2022 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:0 | Birmingham City |
| 25 January 2022 | Championship | QPR | 0:0 | Swansea City |
| 4 December 2021 | Championship | Middlesbrough | 1:0 | Swansea City |
| 2 November 2021 | Championship | Coventry City | 1:2 | Swansea 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
P9 W4 D3 L2
Away Games
P5 W3 D1 L1
Overall Record
P14 W7 D3 L3
This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 71%
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