Meet The Ref - Southampton

Matthew Phillips introduces us to the man in the middle for the Southampton game

Saturday’s referee is Peter Walton from Northamptonshire; he has been a Football League ref since 1998 and became a Premiership referee in 2003. He averages just over 2 yellows per game and will referee in his second Championship game of the season, the other was also in Wales – the Cardiff v Bristol City match.

This will be Peter Walton’s first visit to the Liberty Stadium, his last home game being the 2-1 home win over Chester in 2000 at the Vetch. He did take charge of the away win at Yeovil last season – he booked 3 Swansea players in that game

Stats so far this season:

8 Games,

19 Yellows,

1 Red.

Games refereed vs Swansea:

Vs Shrewsbury (away)              98/99 Lost 1-0
Vs Chester      (home)              98/99 Drew 1-1
Vs Carlisle        (home)             99/00 Won 1-0
Vs Chester        (home)           99/00 Won 2-1
Vs Hartlepool   (away)              01/02 Lost 1-0
Vs Stevenage    (away – FLT) 02/03 Lost 2-1
Vs Mansfield    (away)           03/04 Drew 1-1
Vs Wycombe    (away)           04/05 Won 1-0
Vs Yeovil        (away)           07/08 Won 2-1

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