Meet the Referee – Jeremy Simpson

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 Jeremy Simpson, who was appointed the referee for the Watford v Swansea City EFL Championship game on Wednesday, 12 March 2025.

Jeremy Simpson

Referee Jeremy Simpson was assisted by Graham Kane and Bhupinder Singh Gill, with James Linington the 4th Official for the game.

Name: Jeremy Simpson
Born: 13 May 1975
Birthplace: Lancashire, England

Background:
Simpson started refereeing in the Football League during the 2011/12 season, when he was the match referee for Crewe’s 4-1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge in League Two.

He has been a referee in the Championship since the 2012/13 season.

Simpson is also a former international assistant referee (2008-2012) and has officiated in Champions League, Europa League and international games.

Swans related Fact(s):
This was the 9th time that Simpson has been the referee for a Swansea City game, and this was his fifth Swansea away game appearance.

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
12 March 2025ChampionshipWatford1:0Swansea City
19 March 2023ChampionshipSwansea City2:0Bristol City
4 February 2023ChampionshipSwansea City3:4Birmingham City
8 February 2022ChampionshipStoke City3:0Swansea City
16 January 2021
Championship
Barnsley
0:2
Swansea City
11 December 2019
Championship
Swansea City
1:1
Blackburn Rovers
30 March 2019
Championship
Nottingham Forest
2:1
Swansea City
4 August 2018
Championship
 Sheffield United 1:2
Swansea City

In summary, Jeremy Simpson’s record for Swansea City games is as follows:

Home Games
P3 W1 D1 L1

Away Games
P5 W2 D0 L3

Overall Record
P8 W3 D1 L4

This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 50%

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