REFEREE PROFILES

NAME – David Watt    

DATE OF BIRTH – 12/02/81

PROFESSION – Buying Manager

REFEREE SINCE – Dec 95 

FIRST MATCH – Islavale v Buckie Rovers (AR)

THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR REFEREEING CAREER SO FAR– 

Scotland v Switzerland u15s AR.

ANY PET HATES IN FOOTBALL? 

Dissent (When players use the line “I wasn’t speaking to you”)!!  Ignorance is bliss!

WHICH, IF ANY, LAW WOULD YOU CHANGE? 

Handball – probably making any contact with the hand an offence.

WHAT DOES BEING A REFEREE MEAN TO YOU? 

Everything, I spend a huge amount of time on refereeing between training meetings and games in a week.

WHAT MADE YOU TAKE UP REFEREEING? 

Something to do at lunchtimes at school (Paul Watson was running a course then).

YOUR REFEREEING AMBITIONS–

Class 1 referee.

MAIN STRENGTHS–

My good looks and personality!

MAIN WEAKNESSES-

Fitness (which I’m working on).

FUNNIEST MOMENT WHILE REFEREEING-

Too many to mention!

ANY HOBBIES & INTERESTS- 

Refereeing, refereeing and refereeing.

ADVICE FOR A REFEREE JUST BEGINNING THEIR CAREER–

Never think you are on your own and that you are the first person to make a mistake.  Pick up the phone and talk to one of your colleagues, no matter how silly a question seems the chances are the person you have phoned has been there before.  The only silly questions are the ones not asked.