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 Joshua Smith, who was appointed the referee for the Bristol City v Swansea City EFL Championship game on Saturday, 22 November 2025.
Referee Smith was assisted by Sam Lewis and Alex James, with Jacob Miles the 4th Official for the game.
Name: Joshua Smith
Birthplace: Peterborough
Background:
Known as Josh Smith, he is one of the youngest referees in the professional game, having started refereeing in 2006, aged just 14, thus following in the footsteps of his father, who had also been a football referee.
He has received successive promotions from the National League onto the EFL referees list and then to the Select Group 2 List of Referees from last season (2020-2021).
Swans related Fact(s):
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 November 2025 | Championship | Bristol City | 3:0 | Swansea City |
| 18 October 2025 | Championship | Southampton | 0:0 | Swansea City |
| 5 November 2024 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:0 | Watford |
| 9 December 2023 | Championship | Rotherham United | 1:2 | Swansea City |
| 26 August 2023 | Championship | Preston North End | 2:1 | Swansea City |
| 2 April 2022 | Championship | Cardiff City | 0:4 | Swansea City |
| 22 January 2022 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:0 | Preston North End |
| 29 September 2021 | Championship | Fulham | 3:1 | Swansea City |
| 17 August 2021 | Championship | Swansea City | 1:3 | Stoke City |
In summary, Joshua Smith’s record for Swansea City games is as follows:
Home Games
P3 W2 D0 L1
Away Games
P6 W2 D1 L3
Overall Record
P9 W4 D1 L4
This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 56%
You can also browse more information and stats about other referees who have officiated Swansea City games.