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Greg Aitken (born 1977) is a Scottish football referee and one of the first dedicated video assistant referees (VARs) in Scotland. [1] [2]
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Greg Aitken (born 1977) is a Scottish football referee and one of the first dedicated video assistant referees (VARs) in Scotland. [1] [2]
Greg Aitken began his refereeing career in the early 2000s, officiating matches in the lower divisions of Scottish football. [3]
In August 2023, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) appointed Greg Aitken and Andrew Dallas as the first dedicated video assistant referees in Scotland. [4] [5] It has an Independent Review Panel to assess match incidents. [6] The VAR team operates from Clydesdale House, the SFA's VAR operations center. [7]
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