Matthew Phillips introduces us to the man in the middle for the 2nd leg of the JPT area final

Monday’s referee is ex Premiership ref Andy D’Urso from Essex; he became a Football League ref in 1994 and became a Premiership referee in 1999.

He will take charge of his second Swansea game this season - the previous game was the 4-2 FA defeat to Havant & Waterlooville, he awarded us a penalty in that game and a penalty last season against Sheffield Utd in the same competition.

He has refereed some high profile games in his career; he has also been involved in some controversy as well (D‘Urso was suspended for 4 weeks in 2004 for failing to send off Blackburn’s Barry Ferguson after showing him two yellow cards)

This season he averages just over 2 yellow cards per game and has shown just 2 reds so far.

Stats for 07/08 season:

30 Games,

69 Yellows,

2 Reds.

Games refereed vs Swansea:

Vs Macclesfield  (home)         97/98 Drew 1-1

Vs Halifax           (home)         98/99 Lost 2-1

Vs Bristol R       (home)         03/04 Drew 0-0

Vs Sheffield Utd (away - FA) 06/07 Won 3-0

Vs Havant           (away - FA) 07/08 Lost 4-2

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