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 focused on Gavin Ward, who was appointed the referee for the Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers EFL Championship game on Saturday, 22 February 2025.
Referee Ward was assisted by James Wilson and Robert Hyde, with Tom Nield the 4th Official for the game.
Name: Gavin Ward
Born: November 1978
Birthplace: Surrey, England
Background:
Surrey based Ward officiated his first EFL game on 16 August 2008, when he took charge of Milton Keynes Dons victory over Northampton Town in League One.
He has since gone on to be the referee for over 200 EFL Championship, League One and League Two games.
Swans related Fact(s):
This was the 12th Swansea home game that Ward has officiated, having been the referee for three Swansea away games thus far in his career.
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 |
| 22 February 2025 | Championship | Swansea City | 3:0 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 27 February 2023 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:1 | Rotherham United |
| 8 October 2022 | Championship | Swansea City | 2:1 | Sunderland |
| 16 August 2022 | Championship | Swansea City | 2:2 | Millwall |
| 25 September 2021 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:0 | Huddersfield Town |
| 6 March 2021 | Championship | Swansea City | 2:1 | Middlesbrough |
16 December 2020 | Championship | Derby County | 2:0 | Swansea City |
| 19 September 2020 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:0 | Birmingham City |
25 January 2020 | Championship | Stoke City | 2:0 | Swansea City |
| 22 October 2019 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:3 | Brentford |
| 2 March 2019 | Championship | Swansea City | 2:0 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 5 January 2019 | FA Cup 3rd Round | Aston Villa | 0:3 | Swansea City |
| 24 August 2018 | Championship | Swansea City | 0:1 | Bristol City |
| 28 December 2010 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:0 | Barnsley |
| 27 February 2010 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:0 | Peterborough United |
In summary, Gavin Ward record for Swansea City games is as follows:
Home Games
P12 W7 D3 L2
Away Games
P3 W1 D0 L2
Overall Record
P15 W8 D3 L4
This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 73%
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