William Collum

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William Collum
Personal information
Full name William Colum
Born January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) (age 33)
Glasgow, Scotland
Other occupation Teacher
Domestic
Years League Role
2000- Scottish Football Association Referee
2000-2008 Scottish Football League Referee
2005- Scottish Premier League Referee
International
Years League Role
2006- FIFA listed Referee

William "Willie" Collum (born 18 January 1979)[1] is a Scottish football referee.[2]

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Career

Collum has refereed international matches,[3] the 2008 Under-19 European Championship final and in the UEFA Cup.[4] He is also a regular referee of Scottish Premier League matches. Collum officiated his first Scottish Football League match in November 2004, and his first SPL match in April 2006. He took charge of his first UEFA Champions League match in September 2010, overseeing Copenhagen's 2-0 win away at Panathinaikos, and has also officiated several high profile international matches and UEFA Europa League matches.

On 24 October 2010 Collum refereed his first Old Firm match at Celtic Park.[5] Following the match some of Collum's decisions during the game came under scrutiny from Celtic, and he received death-threats against him and his family which were described as having a 'sectarian undertone'.[6]

On 19 December 2011 Collum was appointed to referee the second Old Firm Derby of the season at Celtic Park. [7]

Teaching career

Collum teaches at St Aidan's High School in Wishaw where he teaches R.E. He was previously the principal teacher of the Religious Education department at Cardinal Newman High School, Bellshill,[8] however he stood down as principle in August 2011 to concentrate more on his refereeing.[9] He originally remained a teacher at the school.[9]

References

  1. ^ Profile on the SFA website
  2. ^ "Hibernian 0-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 25 April 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8638892.stm. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 
  3. ^ "Andorra v Estonia". Soccerbase. 17 November 2007. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=551647. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
  4. ^ "Domzale v Hapoel Tel Aviv". Soccerbase. 24 August 2006. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=492336. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 
  5. ^ "Weekend referees named". Scotprem.co.uk. 18 October 2010. http://www.scotprem.co.uk/content/default.asp?page=s2&newsid=9532. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 
  6. ^ "Collum receives death-threats". DailyRecord.co.uk. 26 October 2010. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/10/26/death-threat-calls-made-to-referee-willie-collum-after-old-firm-clash-86908-22658556. Retrieved 27 October 2010. 
  7. ^ "Referee Appointments". Scottish FA. 19 December 2011. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/RefereeAppointments/SPL/SPL/Round%2021(28%20DEC).pdf. Retrieved 19 December 2011. 
  8. ^ Pattullo, Alan (October 25, 2010). "Man in the middle can't get away from fact that penalty call defined his game". The Scotsman (Scotland). http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Alan-Pattullo-Man-in-the.6597924.jp. Retrieved October 29, 2010. 
  9. ^ a b "Ref quits teaching post to be on pitch". The Sun. August 17, 2011. http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3756301/Ref-quits-teaching-post-to-be-on-pitch.html. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 

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