- Ian McLeod (referee)
Ian McLeod (born
March 5 ,1954 [ [http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=31361 Birthdate confirmation] : "weltfussball.de" de icon website.] ) is a retired South African football referee. His other occupation is as aheadmaster in school teaching. [http://members.tripod.com/~andrew_skelton/dirrefs/ref09.html Other occupation and FIFA referee commencement] confirmations: "Andrew's Soccer Page", Andrew Skelton's personal website.]Career
He became a
FIFA referee in 1993. 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 onJanuary 18 1996 . [ [http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=31361&saison_id=889&sr_typ=1&modus=3 1996 African Nations Cup] , Algeria v. Sierra Leone: "weltfussball.de" de icon website.]He handled two matches in the
1997 FIFA Confederations Cup - Saudi Arabia versus Mexico onDecember 14 1997 , and Brazil against Mexico onDecember 16 1997 . [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/intconcup97.html 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup] , two matches refereed: "rsssf.com" statistical website.]McLeod took charge of two matches in the
1998 African Nations Cup inBurkina Faso - the game between Ghana and Tunisia onFebruary 9 1998 , and the encounter involving Ivory Coast and Egypt onFebruary 21 1998 . [ [http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=31361&saison_id=892&sr_typ=1&modus=3 1998 African Nations Cup] , two matches refereed: "weltfussball.de" de icon website.]He was appointed to officiate in the
1998 FIFA World Cup inFrance , and took control of just one match, the 0-0 draw in Group D onJune 19 1998 between Spain and Paraguay, played atStade Geoffroy-Guichard ,St. Etienne . [ [http://robots.cnnsi.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/news/1998/06/19/spain_first/ Spain v. Paraguay] , 1998 World Cup, Group D: report fromCNN website.]After his retirement from active refereeing, he assisted the
Council of South African Football Associations (COSAFA) as a Match commissioner, overseeing theCOSAFA Castle Cup Group Csemi-final between Botswana and Namibia in July 2007. [ [http://www.cosafa.com/schedule.html COSAFA Castle Cup] , match schedule: "Cosafa.com" website.] [ [http://www.cosafa.com/stories/STORY_663.html COSAFA Castle Cup] , list of match officials: "Cosafa.com" website.] He is also chairman of theSouth African Football Association Technical Committee. [ [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:Hu9rTfgTokoJ:www.thefa.com/NR/rdonlyres/00019493/rtyypdmxxkbxujsiywzjviketzghzngl/winteredition.pdf+ian+mcleod&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=29&gl=uk Chairman of SAFA Technical Committee] :HTML version of aPDF document at TheFA.com website.]References
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