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 Stoke City Championship game on Saturday, 5 October 2024.
Referee Davies was assisted by Graham Kane and Hristo Karaivanov, with Stephen Parkinson 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 13th time that Andy Davies has officiated a Swansea City game and is his 7th 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
|
| 05-Oct-2024 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:0 | Stoke City |
| 01-Jan-2024 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:0 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 18-Oct-2022 | Championship | Swansea City | 3:2 | Reading |
| 5-Apr-2022 | Championship | Millwall | 0:1 | Swansea City |
| 19-Mar-2022 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:0 | Birmingham City |
| 25-Jan-2022 | Championship | QPR | 0:0 | Swansea City |
| 04-Dec-2021 | Championship | Middlesbrough | 1:0 | Swansea City |
| 02-Nov-2021 | Championship | Coventry City | 1:2 | Swansea City |
19-Dec-2020 | Championship | Swansea City | 2:0 | Barnsley |
22-Feb-2020 | Championship | Swansea City | 3:1 | Huddersfield Town |
23-Nov-2019 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:1 | Millwall |
21-Aug-2018 | Championship | Swansea City | 2:2 | Leeds United |
19-Sep-2017 | Carabao Cup 3rd Round | Reading | 0:2 | Swansea City |
In summary, Andy Davies record for Swansea City games is as follows:
Home Games
P8 W4 D3 L1
Away Games
P5 W3 D1 L1
Overall Record
P13 W7 D3 L2
This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 77%
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