- Bob Valentine
Robert Bonar "Bob" Valentine (born
May 10 ,1939 inDundee ) is a formerfootball referee fromScotland . He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the 1982 World Cup inSpain : the infamous "Great Gijon Swindle" between West Germany and Austria, and the second-round match between Poland and the USSR.He was also one of the linesmen (the other was
Bruno Galler ) for the classic semi-final that year between France and West Germany at theEstadio Sanchez Pizjuan inSeville .Valentine also refereed the Euro 84 match between France and Belgium at the
Stade de la Beaujoire inNantes , and the Euro 88 match between West Germany and Denmark at theParkstadion inGelsenkirchen .After his refereeing retirement, Valentine became the Scottish FA's Head of Refereeing. Outside of football, he worked as a print compositor.
References
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=18074 Profile]
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