Ian McLeod (referee)

Ian McLeod (5 March 1954 – 26 October 2017[1]) was a South African football referee. His other occupation was as a headmaster in school teaching.[2]

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 18 January 1996.[3]

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

McLeod took charge of two matches in the 1998 African Nations Cup in Burkina Faso - the game between Ghana and Tunisia on 9 February 1998, and the encounter involving Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt on 21 February 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 19 June 1998 between Spain and Paraguay, played at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne.[6]

After his retirement from active refereeing, he assisted the Council of Southern Africa 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]

A few years after his retirement he joined Crawford Preparatory Pretoria where he was the principal and had passed away on Thursday 26 October 2017.

References

  1. ↑ Birthdate confirmation Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.: weltfussball.de (in German) website.
  2. 1 2 Other occupation and FIFA referee commencement confirmations: Andrew's Soccer Page, Andrew Skelton's personal website.
  3. ↑ 1996 African Nations Cup Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine., Algeria v. Sierra Leone: weltfussball.de (in German) website.
  4. ↑ 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, two matches refereed: rsssf.com statistical website.
  5. ↑ 1998 African Nations Cup Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine., two matches refereed: weltfussball.de (in German) website.
  6. ↑ Spain v. Paraguay Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine., 1998 World Cup, Group D: report from CNN website.
  7. ↑ COSAFA Castle Cup Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine., match schedule: Cosafa.com website.
  8. ↑ COSAFA Castle Cup Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine., list of match officials: Cosafa.com website.
  9. ↑ "Chairman of SAFA Technical Committee" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2016. : HTML version of a PDF document at TheFA.com website.
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