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 spotlight for our man in the middle falls on Mike Jones, who was appointed the referee for the Notts County v Swans FA Cup 4th Round game on Saturday, 27th January 2018.
Name: Mike Jones
DOB: 18 April 1968
Birthplace: Chester
Interesting Fact: Jones became the focus of much media attention earlier this season due to his handling of the Chelsea v Everton game, when he allowed John Terry’s offside goal in the eighth minute of time added-on at Stamford Bridge.
Perhaps his most famous “decision” however was to allow Liverpool’s beach ball goal to stand at Sunderland back in October 2009.
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
|
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27-Jan-18
|
FA Cup 4th Round
|
Notts County
|
1:1
|
Swans
|
|
10-Sep-17
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
0:1
|
Newcastle United
|
|
12-Aug-17
|
Premier League
|
Southampton
|
0:0
|
Swans
|
|
14-Jan-17
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
0:4
|
Arsenal
|
|
18-Sep-16
|
Premier League
|
Southampton
|
1:0
|
Swans
|
|
27-Feb-16
|
Premier League
|
Tottenham Hotspur
|
2:1
|
Swans
|
|
15-Aug-15
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
2:0
|
Newcastle United
|
|
25-Oct-14
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
2:0
|
Leicester City
|
|
23-Feb-14
|
Premier League
|
Liverpool
|
4:3
|
Swans
|
|
26-Dec-13
|
Premier League
|
Chelsea
|
1:0
|
Swans
|
|
04-May-13
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
0:0
|
Manchester City
|
|
26-Dec-12
|
Premier League
|
Reading
|
0:0
|
Swans
|
|
20-Oct-12
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
2:1
|
Wigan Athletic
|
|
02-Oct-11
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
2:0
|
Stoke City
|
|
07-Nov-10
|
Championship
|
Cardiff City
|
0:1
|
Swans
|
|
21-Mar-09
|
Championship
|
Sheffield Wednesday
|
0:0
|
Swans
|
|
29-Sep-07
|
League One
|
Brighton & Hove Albion
|
0:0
|
Swans
|
|
23-Sep-06
|
League One
|
Swans
|
1:2
|
Huddersfield Town
|
In summary, Mike Jones’ record for Swansea City games is as follows:
Home Games
P9 W4 D2 L3
Away Games
P9 W1 D4 L4
Overall Record
P18 W5 D6 L7
This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 61%
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