Meet the officials | Preston North End

Stephen Martin will have the whistle when Swansea City host Preston North End at the Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday (3pm).

Staffordshire-born Martin - whose father and grandfather officiated in the Football League - first took up refereeing in 2002 and had made it to step five of the football pyramid within six years.

He joined the National List of Referees ahead of the 2012-13 season and took charge of his first Championship match in January of that campaign. In 2015, he was included in the list of Select Group 2 officials.

This will be the 15th time he has taken charge of a Swans games. 12 of the previous contests were league matches and the most recent of these was the Swans victory at Blackburn last season.

On Saturday he will be assisted by Mark Dwyer and Carl Fitch-Jackson. Tom Reeves will be the fourth official.