Meet the officials | Oxford United
1st December
First team
Anthony Backhouse will be the man in the middle when Swansea City host Oxford United at the Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday.
Backhouse has been an EFL referee since 2017 and became the first Cumbrian official for more than 40 years to be added to the EFL Referee list.
His career highlights to date include refereeing the National League play-off Final in 2017, being fourth official in the 2022 FA Trophy Final and referee in the FA Vase Final in 2023.
He last took charge of a Swans game in the 2-1 defeat at Preston, having also overseen a 2-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough in August.
On Saturday he will be assisted by James Wilson and Andrew Fox. Elliott Swallow will be the fourth official.