Ian McLeod (referee)

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Ian McLeod (born March 5, 1954[1]) is a retired South African football referee. His other occupation is as a headmaster in school teaching.[2]

[edit] Career

He became a FIFA referee in 1993.[2] In 1996, he was selected for the African Nations Cup in South Africa, controlling only one game, the 2-0 win by Algeria over Sierra Leone on January 18, 1996.[3]

He handled two matches in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup - Saudi Arabia versus Mexico on December 14, 1997, and Brazil against Mexico on December 16, 1997.[4]

McLeod took charge of two matches in the 1998 African Nations Cup in Burkina Faso - the game between Ghana and Tunisia on February 9, 1998, and the encounter involving Ivory Coast and Egypt on February 21, 1998.[5]

He was appointed to officiate in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, and took control of just one match, the 0-0 draw in Group D on June 19, 1998 between Spain and Paraguay, played at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Etienne.[6]

After his retirement from active refereeing, he assisted the Council of South African Football Associations (COSAFA) as a Match commissioner, overseeing the COSAFA Castle Cup Group C semi-final between Botswana and Namibia in July 2007.[7][8] He is also chairman of the South African Football Association Technical Committee.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Birthdate confirmation: weltfussball.de (German) website.
  2. ^ a b Other occupation and FIFA referee commencement confirmations: Andrew's Soccer Page, Andrew Skelton's personal website.
  3. ^ 1996 African Nations Cup, Algeria v. Sierra Leone: weltfussball.de (German) website.
  4. ^ 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, two matches refereed: rsssf.com statistical website.
  5. ^ 1998 African Nations Cup, two matches refereed: weltfussball.de (German) website.
  6. ^ Spain v. Paraguay, 1998 World Cup, Group D: report from CNN website.
  7. ^ COSAFA Castle Cup, match schedule: Cosafa.com website.
  8. ^ COSAFA Castle Cup, list of match officials: Cosafa.com website.
  9. ^ Chairman of SAFA Technical Committee: HTML version of a PDF document at TheFA.com website.
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