Ian Foote
Ian Foote (born in Glasgow in 1933 and died in 1995 at age 63[1][2][3]) is a former Scottish football referee from the 1970s and 1980s.
| Ian Foote | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1933 Glasgow Scotland |
| 1st December 19951st December 1995 | |
| 💼 Occupation | Football referee |
Carrer[edit]
After an honorable amateur career as a goalkeeper[1][4][5], Foote turned to arbitrage in the 1970s and quickly became one of the great Scottish whistles. He officiates in major competitions[6][7]
- Scottish Cup 1974-1975 (final)
- UEFA Cup 1978-1979 (final 1st leg)
- Scottish Cup 1978-1979 (second final replayed)
- Scottish Cup 1980-1981 (finals)
Ian Foote played a leading role in the matches of the Scottish Football League in the 1970s and 1980s, including in the Scottish Premier League. He also led five finals in his refereeing career. Four of them in Scotland, including three in the Cup final and one League Cup final. The international team whistled Foote in the UEFA Cup final between 1978 and 1979 between Red Star Belgrade and Borussia Mönchengladbach. For FIFA and UEFA, Foote has also whistled many matches in the European Cup of Champions and Cup winners, In 1975 and 1977 he played at least twice in international matches. Twice the national team of the GDR was represented.[6][7]
His main job was as a tea merchant in Glasgow. Foote died in 1995 at the age of 62 years.[4]
Bulgaria - France 1976[edit]
The Bulgaria-France match on the 9 October 1976 in the 1978 World Cup qualifiers was remembered because of Scottish referee Ian Foote. The latter had disallowed a goal valuable to Michel Platini and, on the counterattack, he validated the goal of the Bulgarian striker Pavel Panov who was however offside. In the closing seconds of the game, Foote gave an imaginary penalty in favor of the Bulgarians. Following this decision, journalist Thierry Roland, who was commenting on the television match, aired live on Antenne 2 : « So it's amazing that he's giving the penalty on that. But it's unlikely at 3 minutes, 2 minutes from the end of the game[...]I am not afraid to say it, Mr. Foote, you are a bastard ! [...]Beside, beside, well there is a good god believe me, well there is really a good god[...]What a scandal this arbitration is unbelievable, never seen an individual like, he should be in jail, not on a football field ». The penalty, shot by Hristo Bonev, was missed (final score 2-2). He received a special welcome from the Saint Etienne public during the European Cup match against Widzew Lodz on 3 October 1979. Also noteworthy, he was invited in 1985 on Téléfoot and there was recognized his mistake.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ian Foote". HeraldScotland. 1995-12-21.
- ↑ "Ian Foote - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com". www.soccerpunter.com.
- ↑ "Scotland - I. Foote - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". gh.soccerway.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "WorldReferee.com - referee - Ian Foote - stats". worldreferee.com.
- ↑ "Ian Foote - referee of international football matches". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ian Foote - Matches as referee". worldfootball.net.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Scotland international football referees of all-time". eu-football.info.
https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/1/france-a/matchs/908/1976-10-09/bulgarie-france
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