Meet the officials | Preston North End
3rd November
First team
Anthony Backhouse is the man in the middle for Swansea City’s Championship clash against Preston North End on Wednesday night (7.45pm).
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 2-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough in August.
He will be assisted by Andrew Fox and Shaun Hudson on Wednesday. Josh Smith will be the fourth official.