Bobby Madden

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Bobby Madden
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Madden in 2019
Full name Robert Adam Madden
Born (1978-10-25) 25 October 1978 (age 45)
East Kilbride, Scotland
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
2002–2022 Scottish Football Association Referee
2008–2013 SFL / SPL Referee
2010–2022 FIFA Referee
2013–2022 SPFL Referee
2022–2023 The Football Association Referee
2022–2023 EFL Referee

Robert Adam Madden (born 25 October 1978) is a Scottish former football referee. [1] [2]

Madden became a FIFA referee in 2010. [3] He officiated in 2014 World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the match between Germany and the Faroe Islands. [4] He left the FIFA list in 2022, as he moved from Scotland to England and officiated in EFL League One and EFL League Two games during the 2022–23 season. [5] [6]

Madden retired in 2023, a year ahead of his planned retirement date. [7] [8] After announcing his retirement Madden said that he "didn't enjoy it [English football] as much as I thought I would've", and cited frustration at how a case where a club official had allegedly made anti-Scottish remarks to him had been handled. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "SFA Profile" . Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  2. ↑ www.worldreferee.com, WorldReferee -. "WorldReferee.com - referee - Robert Madden - bio". Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. ↑ FIFA. "Scotland: Referees". Retrieved on 6 June 2013.
  4. ↑ FIFA. "Match Report - Germany - Faroe Islands 3:0 (1:0)". 7 September 2012. Retrieved on 6 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Stone, Simon (17 June 2022). "Bobby Madden: Scottish Fifa official joins English referee ranks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Palmer, Ben (18 June 2022). "Bobby Madden to forgo Fifa status and make shock switch to English refereeing ranks". The Times. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Retiring referee Bobby Madden 'frustrated' with English system". BBC Sport. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Bobby Madden addresses 'Rangers fan' claims after retiring from refereeing , Paul Thomson, Daily Record, 4 May 2023


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