Rotherham United welcome Swansea City to the New York Stadium on Saturday when Josh Smith from Peterborough has the whistle.
Passing his basic referees course at the tender age of fourteen in 2007 he first started officiating in the Peterborough and District Youth League rising through the levels until reaching the Football Conference. One of the youngest officials in the country Josh took charge of his first Football League game in August 2019 making the step up after just one season in the National League.
Josh and the Millers have met just twice in the past the last time being in April at Ashton Gate where Tommy Conway opened the scoring for Bristol City on fifteen minutes. A second-half Jordan Hugill penalty cancelled their lead out but City won the game in time added on when Andi Weimann stabbed a loose ball home. There were five yellow cards that day, two going to City with Cameron Humphreys, Cohen Bramall and Hugill booked for Rotherham
The first time he had been in charge of a Millers came was two months earlier at Bloomfield Road when Blackpool and Rotherham played out a goalless draw. That day he showed two yellow cards, both to Tangerine players.
In the eighteen games he has been in the middle for this season Josh has shown sixty-eight yellow cards and three red.
Running the line on Saturday we have Matthew Jones and Sam Lewis and the Fourth Official is Jacob Miles.
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