John Beaton

For other people named John Beaton, see John Beaton (disambiguation).
John Beaton
Full name John Beaton
Born (1982-01-29) 29 January 1982
Scotland
Other occupation Communications Officer
Domestic
Years League Role
2001- Scottish Football Association Referee
2009- SFL / SPL Referee
2012- FIFA Referee

John Beaton (born 29 January 1982 in Motherwell) is a Scottish football referee.

Career

Football

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 currently referees in the Scottish First Division and Scottish Premier League. He refereed two games at UEFA u19 Elite Round in Serbia in May 2012. His first Europa League match appointment is 5 July 2012 Elsborg v Floriana.

In March 2010 he was stuck in snow gates overnight on the A9 in Scotland after refereeing an Elgin City match, along with the Queen's Park team.[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]

Non football

Outside of football Beaton started his career as a journalist before becoming Communications Officer for Strathclyde Police. He is currently Communications Officer for the University of Strathclyde.[7]

Personal life

He is cousin of fellow referee Steven Nicholls.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "SFA Profile". 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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "MR John Beaton Communications Officer". www.strath.ac.uk. Strathclyde University. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
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