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 Roger East, who was appointed the referee for the Swans v Aston Villa Championship game on Wednesday, 26th December 2018.
Referee East was assisted by Matthew Wilkes and Derek Eaton, with Brett Huxtable the 4th Official for the game.
Name: Roger East
DOB: May 12, 1965
Birthplace: Wiltshire.
Interesting Fact:
Roger East is another referee whom made his Barclays Premier League debut in a Swansea City game, when he took charge of the Swans home game with Sunderland clash September 2012 and made quite an impact by showing Chico Flores a red card with 20 minutes to go!
Probably most recently remembered for his handling of the Swans v WBA game on Boxing Day 2015 – when he was adjudged by Baggies manager Tony Pulis to have missed two “stonewall penalties”.
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
|
|
26-Dec-18
|
Championship
|
Swans
|
0:1
|
Aston Villa
|
|
7-Apr-18
|
Premier League
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
1:1
|
Swans
|
|
30-Sep-17
|
Premier League
|
West Ham United
|
1:0
|
Swans
|
|
31-Jan-17
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
2:1
|
Southampton
|
|
27-Aug-16
|
Premier League
|
Leicester City
|
2:1
|
Swans
|
|
01-May-16
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
3:1
|
Liverpool
|
|
12-Mar-16
|
Premier League
|
AFC Bournemouth
|
3:2
|
Swans
|
|
26-Dec-15
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
1:0
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
|
26-Sept-15
|
Premier League
|
Southampton
|
3:1
|
Swans
|
|
16-Mar-15
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
0:1
|
Liverpool
|
|
26-Dec-14
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
1:0
|
Aston Villa
|
|
23-Sept-14
|
League Cup 3rd Round
|
Swans
|
3:0
|
Everton
|
|
28-Dec-13
|
Premier League
|
Aston Villa
|
1:1
|
Swans
|
|
01-Sept-12
|
Premier League
|
Swans
|
2:2
|
Sunderland
|
|
16-Mar-10
|
Championship
|
Swans
|
0:2
|
West Bromwich Albion
|
|
20-Nov-09
|
Championship
|
Swans
|
1:0
|
Derby County
|
|
14-Mar-09
|
Championship
|
Swans
|
1:3
|
Crystal Palace
|
|
12-Feb-08
|
League One
|
Swans
|
1:0
|
Walsall
|
In summary, Roger East’s record for Swansea City games is as follows:
Home Games
P12 W7 D1 L4
Away Games
P6 W0 D2 L4
Overall Record
P18 W7 D3 L8
This referee has a Swans Love Factor of 55%
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