John Beaton

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John Beaton
Born (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 43)
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
2001– Scottish Football Association Referee
2009–2013 SFL / SPL Referee
International
YearsLeagueRole
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]

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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]

Beaton has been part of controversy in Scottish football due to his support of Rangers with questionable refereeing decisions in favour of Rangers. [8] [ failed verification ] A photo of Beaton allegedly inside a well known Rangers pub being released further supports this.[ citation needed ]

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. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "SFA Profile". Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "John Beaton and Andy Tait appointed to UEFA". INSIDE FOOTBALL. Scottish Football Association. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cup final honour for whistler John". Motherwell Times. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Snow way through for Queen's Park team and referee". sport.stv.tv. Scottish Television. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  5. ↑ FIFA. "Scotland: Referees". Retrieved on 6 June 2013.
  6. ↑ FIFA. "Match Report - Romania - Netherlands 1:4 (1:3)". 16 October 2012. Retrieved on 6 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Referee John Beaton 'headbutted' during Saudi tie". heraldscotland.com. The Herald (Glasgow). 11 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Pirie, Mark (5 March 2024). "Celtic diehard sees John Beaton 'Rangers fan' conspiracy spark on air hysterics". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "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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