Mike McCurry (referee)

Michael McCurry (born 4 June 1964) is best known as a football referee from Scotland. He is, however, also a Baptist Associate Pastor at the Mosspark Baptist Church in Glasgow^[1] and he was previously a Chartered Accountant. He refereed the 2004 Scottish League Cup Final. McCurry considers his refereeing to be a hobby and lists his main occupation as "Minister of Christian Faith".^[2] McCurry was on the FIFA list of referees, but the Scottish Football Association failed to nominate him to the list for the 2008-2009 football season.^[3] He was previously on the list and he is referred to as one of the SFA's FIFA referees on his profile on the SFA website.^[4]

McCurry has become a controversial figure in Scottish football, having been criticised on a number of occasions for his handling of matches. Perhaps most notable is a match between Rangers and Dundee United on 10 May 2008.^[5] Dundee United lodged a complaint to the Scottish Football Association over the events. McCurry later publicly admitted that he had made several mistakes in the match.^[6] The SFA rejected Levein's accusations, filing charges against Levein and Dundee United.^[7] These charges resulted in Levein being fined £5,000 by the SFA. Levein refused to apologise for anything he had previously said about McCurry's handling of the match in question.^[8]

On 18 May 2009, the SFA ended McCurry's refereeing career when they omitted him from the list of senior officials who will handle matches in Scotland during the 2009-2010 football season.^[9] On 13 May 2010 the Daily Record reported that McCurry had voluntarily removed his name from the list of Chartered Accountants authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.^[10]

References

1. ^ Mosspark Baptist Church - Glasgow - Our Pastors
2. ^ Mike McCurry Profile at The Scottish Football Association
3. ^ The Scottish Football Association - Refereeing and Disciplinary: FIFA Referees
4. ^ Mike McCurry Profile at The Scottish Football Association
5. ^ Sunday Mirror, 11 May 2008
6. ^ McCurry admits to Ibrox mistakes
7. ^ Gordon Smith attacks 'unfair' Levein as ref McCurry explains decisions - Edinburgh Evening News 12 May 2008
8. ^ Levein find for referee outburst
9. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Scottish Premier | McCurry dropped as top-class ref
10. ^ Daily Record 13 May 2010

External links

• Mike McCurry profile at scottishfa.co.uk

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