Meet the officials | Blackburn Rovers

Stephen Martin will be the man in the middle for Swansea City’s Championship fixture at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday (3pm).

Staffordshire-born Martin has officiating in his blood with his father and grandfather blowing the whistle in the Football League. He first took up refereeing in 2002 and had made it to step five of the football pyramid within six years.

He joined the National List of Referees ahead of the 2012-13 season and took charge of his first Championship match in January of that campaign. In 2015, he was included in the list of Select Group 2 officials.

This will be the 14th time he has taken charge of a Swans games. 11 of the previous contests were league matches and the most recent of these was the Swans defeat at Burnley last season.

So far this season Martin has taken charge of five EFL league and cup games, handing out 32 yellow cards and one red.

On Saturday, he will be assisted by Mark Dwyer and Greg Read. Scott Simpson will be the fourth official.