John Beaton

John Beaton
Born	9 January 1982 (age 42); Glasgow, United Kingdom
Domestic
Years	League
2001–	Scottish Football Association
2009–2013	SFL / SPL
International
Years	League
2012–	FIFA listed

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.