Meet the Officials | Preston North End

Oliver Langford will be the man in charge when Swansea City host Preston North End at the Swansea.com Stadium on Wednesday night (7.45pm).

It will be the third time the official from the west Midlands has travelled to SA1 this season as he took charge of the Swans home matches against QPR in September and Burnley in January.

Across those two matches, he handed out 11 yellow cards. Six of those cards went to Swans players with Joel Piroe, Matt Grimes, Jamie Paterson, Harry Darling, Joel Latibeaudiere and Joe Allen all cautioned this term.

Having been refereeing since 1995, Langford was promoted to the List of Referees in 2008. When Select Group 2 was introduced by PGMOL ahead of the 2016-17 season, he was one of 18 referees added to that list.

He has taken charge of two play-off semi-finals and the 2017 FA Youth Cup final. Despite not being named a Select Group Official, he is VAR trained and can be part of the officiating team at the top level.

The match will mark the 12th time Langford has overseen a Swans game with all of those games coming in the Championship.

On Wednesday, he will be assisted by Greg Read and Mark Russell. Andy Woolmer will be the fourth official.