John Beaton
Born | (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 42) Glasgow, United Kingdom | ||
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Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2001– | Scottish Football Association | Referee | |
2009–2013 | SFL / SPL | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2012– | FIFA listed | Referee |
John Beaton is a Scottish football referee.
Career
Football
John Beaton became a referee in 2001 and was admitted to the SFA senior list in 2005 before becoming a Category 1 referee in 2009.[1]
He has refereed at the UEFA U17 Championship Qualifying Tournament in 2009[2] and the Scottish Junior Cup Final.[3] He refereed two games at UEFA u19 Elite Round in Serbia in May 2012. His first Europa League match appointment was 5 July 2012 Elsborg v Floriana.
In March 2010, he was stuck overnight, along with the Queen's Park team, in snow gates overnight on the A9 in Scotland after he refereed an Elgin City match.[4]
Beaton became a FIFA referee in 2012.[5] He appeared as a fourth official in the 2014 World Cup qualifier between Romania and the Netherlands.[6]
In May 2015, Beaton refereed the Riyadh derby between Al Hilal and Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League, where Salem Al-Dawsari motioned to head-butt him after a decision did not go his way.[7]
Non football
Outside of football, Beaton started his career as a journalist before becoming communications officer for Strathclyde Police. He is currently media relations manager at ScotRail Alliance, having previously been a communications officer for the University of Strathclyde.[8]
References
- ^ "SFA Profile". Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ "John Beaton and Andy Tait appointed to UEFA". INSIDE FOOTBALL. Scottish Football Association. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ "Cup final honour for whistler John". Motherwell Times. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ "Snow way through for Queen's Park team and referee". sport.stv.tv. Scottish Television. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^ FIFA. "Scotland: Referees". Retrieved on 6 June 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Romania - Netherlands 1:4 (1:3)". 16 October 2012. Retrieved on 6 June 2013.
- ^ "Referee John Beaton 'headbutted' during Saudi tie". heraldscotland.com. The Herald (Glasgow). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "MR John Beaton Communications Officer". www.strath.ac.uk. Strathclyde University. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
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