2010 Annual report - Scottish Football Association

Scottish Football Association 

ANNUAL REVIEW 2010

01Introduction 

President’s Introduction................. p02 

A Review of the Season................. p04 

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Off the Field 

Financial Report.............................. p20 

Commercial Activities.................... p22 

Current Partners.............................. p24 

Registrations.................................... p25 

Disciplinary....................................... p26 

Initiatives.......................................... p26 

On the Field 

The National Teams........................ p08 

Live it Play it Love it......................... p10 

Scottish Cup Competitions............ p16 

Refereeing....................................... p18 

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In the Stands 

The National Stadium..................... p30 

Meet the Scottish FA 

Board of Directors/ Standing Committee........ p34 

Attendance Register....................................... p35 

Council 2009/2010........................................... p36 

Scottish FA Staff................................................ p37 

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ANNUAL REVIEW 2010 

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01 introduction: 

President’s Introduction 

01 introduction 

It is my pleasure to introduce the 

Scottish Football Association’s Annual 

Review for 2009. 

The undulations of an eventful past 

12 months will be explored in greater 

detail in the review of the season but 

I would like to take the opportunity to 

reflect on some of the key issues that 

have affected the game at all levels. 

Inevitably, the failure to qualify 

for the World Cup dominated the 

national agenda. What had seemed 

a favourable group from the outset 

– involving Holland, Macedonia, 

Iceland and Norway - proved a 

challenge beset by poor results and 

unnecessary controversy. 

The Board of Directors gave 

George Burley every opportunity 

to succeed as national coach but 

an unsatisfactory end to the World 

Cup qualification campaign was 

compounded by two forgettable 

results against Japan and Wales. 

Ultimately, it was apparent that we 

needed to change direction and 

we are delighted with the early 

progress made by our new national 

coach, Craig Levein. He is a widely 

respected figure in the game, 

with great ideas and ambition to 

succeed. The 1-0 win again the 

Czech Republic, I hope, represents a 

watershed for the national team. 

Anna Signeul’s women’s team 

enjoyed a positive start to their 

World Cup qualifying campaign 

and hopefully this run of form will 

continue. 

Off the park, 2009 was another 

success in difficult economic times 

for the Scottish FA. The Scottish Cup 

sponsorship partnership between 

the Scottish Government and the 

chairman of City Refrigerations, 

Willie Haughey, has been hugely 

productive and this year, our 

unprecedented television deal with 

IMG – worth in the region of £50m 

over four years – will commence. 

Sadly we also lost a past president of 

the association in David Will. David 

was also a FIFA vice president for 

15 years and his dedication and 

commitment to Scottish football 

and the global game will not be 

forgotten. 

In the past year, Henry McLeish has 

dedicated himself to providing a farreaching 

Review of Scottish Football. 

The results of his work culminated in 

the publication of part one of this 

review, focusing on grassroots and 

development of the youth game. The 

Scottish FA is committed to improving 

talent and facilities. 

On a personal note, as President 

I was determined to address the 

disappointing trends and air of 

negativity surrounding Scottish 

football in recent years. The Board 

will now try to implement Henry’s 

recommendations and this will 

hopefully represent the first stage 

of necessary renovation of the 

game at all levels. The Scottish FA 

Memorandum of Association decrees 

that we were founded to “promote, 

foster and develop” the game. 

It was with this credo in mind that 

Henry McLeish was assigned to 

conduct the review and I hope he 

is given the acknowledgement and 

support his efforts deserve. All three 

governing bodies – ourselves, the 

Scottish Premier League and the 

Scottish Football League – will need 

to compromise and be prepared 

to make concessions along the 

way. I am confident that with 

communication and a common 

purpose, we will implement the 

changes needed to restore Scottish 

football to its rightful place. 

George W Peat 

President 

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01 introduction: 

A Review of the Season 


THE past year is, sadly, best 

remembered for the worst reasons 

on the field. Failure to attain at 

least a play-off place in the World 

Cup qualification campaign was 

compounded by off-field incidents 

that did little to lift the air of 

despondency. 

Qualification from a seemingly 

favourable draw in Group 9 failed to 

materialise, with Holland enjoying a 

comfortable procession to the finals. 

The year began with a disappointing 

3-0 defeat to Holland in Amsterdam, 

a result compounded by the now 

infamous misbehaviour at Cameron 

House Hotel and the resultant 

recriminations that provided an 

unnecessary cloud to an already 

turbulent campaign. 

Scotland recovered resiliently with a 

2-1 win against Iceland at Hampden 

but a 4-0 defeat to Norway in Oslo, 

with Scotland reduced to 10 men, 

merely confirmed the rollercoaster 

nature of a seemingly cursed 

campaign. The squad avenged 

the opening day defeat against 

Macedonia in Skopje with a 2-0 win 

at Hampden in September. 

It provided a flicker of hope for a 

late salvage act against Holland four 

days later but there would be no full 

recovery, with Bert van Marwijk’s side 

scoring the only goal of a tense and 

gripping match. 

While the Scottish FA remained 

supportive of George Burley, the 

disappointing qualification outcome 

was exacerbated by two friendly 

defeats to Japan and Wales that did 

not augur well for the future. 

The subsequent appointment of 

Craig Levein represents a watershed 

for the national team. The former 

Dundee United manager has the 

respect of the Scotland supporters, 

the players and the media. Victory 

against the Czech Republic at 

Hampden Park in March helped 

harmonise and reinvigorate the 

squad and gives everyone renewed 

optimism for a more prosperous 

Euro 2012 qualification campaign. 

Spain and Czech Republic represent 

formidable opposition, Lithuania 

are familiar foes while Liechtenstein 

cannot be underestimated. 

The recruitment of a new national 

coach is not the only significant 

development in the Scottish FA’s 

evolution. The first victory of the new 

era was achieved with the team 

wearing a fantastic new kit as part 

of our new sponsorship deal with 

adidas, arguably the most famous 

brand in world football. 

An unprecedented television deal 

with IMG will commence later 

this year, worth in excess of £50m 

over four years, and will enable 

the Scottish FA to continue its 

commitment to improving the game 

from grassroots to senior level. The 

formation of a new National Player 

Pathway will give players across 

the country a more consistent 

development route from their early 

touches to elite aspiration. 

Michael Oliver has joined Craig’s 

backroom team as national 

scout, while the Scottish FA has 

also appointed a new Head of 

Commercial Operations, Kenny 

MacLeod, and a new Head of 

Communications, Darryl Broadfoot. 

In domestic cup competition, 

Rangers successfully defended 

the Scottish Cup, defeating Falkirk 

1-0 in May of Homecoming year 

courtesy of a spectacular Nacho 

Novo strike. The sponsorship deal 

with the Scottish Government and 

Willie Haughey, the chairman of City 

Refrigeration, has been a resounding 

success and has continued this year 

with the Active Nation brand. 

With our many youth initiatives 

thriving through our partners, 

the Scottish FA is confident of a 

prosperous 2010. 

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02 on the field: 

National Teams 

02 on the field 

Men’s Youth Teams 

Billy Stark’s under-21s remain on 

course to qualify for the UEFA 

European Championship play-offs. 

They need to win their remaining two 

games against Austria and Belarus 

to finish top of group 10. The majority 

of Billy’s squad are household names 

playing in the Scottish and English top 

flight which, along with a run of good 

results, has helped attract generous 

crowds to all their home games. 

Billy’s under-19s have yet again 

qualified for the Elite round of 

their respective UEFA European 

Championship. Having finished top 

of their qualifying group Scotland 

will now face Croatia, Armenia and 

Montenegro for a place at the finals 

in France this summer. 

The Nordic Cup kicked off Ross 

Mathie’s under-17 season. His 

side reached the final where they 

were edged out in extra time by 

an experienced England side. 

Confidence was high within the 

camp going into their UEFA European 

Championship qualification group 

but the youngsters failed to live up 

to expectations and managed only 

a point in three games. The minitournament 

was nevertheless hosted 

successfully in Scotland at Stark’s 

Park, Forthbank Stadium, East End 

Park and Bayview. 

Ross Mathie’s inclusion of 14-yearold 

Somalia-born Islam Feruz in his 

squad brought an unprecedented 

amount of media attention to the 

tournament. The Celtic wunderkind 

became the first player to be 

selected for Scotland under the new 

eligibility criteria. 

Women’s National Team 

Anna Signeul’s side got their qualifying 

campaign for the 2011 FIFA Women’s 

World Cup off to a flying start in 

October. 

A Jennifer Beattie goal secured a vital 

away win over Greece in Athens in the 

opening match. In the first home tie of 

the campaign, Kim Little and Suzanne 

Grant (two) were on target to secure a 

3-1 win over Georgia. 

By the end of 2009, Scotland were the 

only side in Group 3 with a 100% record, 

setting up an exciting year ahead 

as the squad bid to better their UEFA 

Women’s Euro play-off place in 2008 

and qualify for the finals of a major 

championship for the first time. 

Finally, the under 16 Victory Shield 

campaign reached a climax at 

Tynecastle in November. Scotland 

went into the final game against 

England unbeaten but lost 2-1 in a 

highly competitive match. 

Women’s Youth Teams 

There were mixed fortunes for the 

women’s youth teams in 2009. 

Shelley Kerr, the former Scotland 

defender, got off to a winning start in 

her first competitive games in charge 

of the women’s under-19 squad, 

guiding her side into the UEFA Women’s 

Under-19 Championship Elite Round. 

After defeat to Italy in the final game of 

the first qualifying round, a 2-0 win over 

Northern Ireland and an impressive 5-1 

victory over Bulgaria booked Scotland’s 

place in the next round. 

A colossal 13-0 victory over Lithuania 

kick-started Scotland’s UEFA Women’s 

Under-17 Championship qualifying 

campaign but defeats to Austria and 

Czech Republic resulted in Ann-Helen 

Grahm’s side exiting at the first stage. 

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Live it, Play it, Love it 


Football Development 

The department is at the vanguard 

of a range of initiatives that affect 

thousands of players of all ages and 

at all levels of abilities. The work that 

has been undertaken in the past year 

is central to the Scottish FA’s strategy 

to have more people playing more 

football more often. 

Support from sponsors has been 

essential in maintaining and enhancing 

the quality of coaching and facilities 

that will give future generations the 

best chance of fulfilling their potential. 

As well as programme sponsors, the 

work of the entire regional structure is 

underpinned by The Big Lottery Fund. 

All of our sponsors have been essential 

in helping the Scottish FA to achieve 

UEFA’s coveted six-star award for its 

grassroots programme. 

This not only gave the greatest 

endorsement possible of the work 

carried out by the department, but also 

put the Scottish FA in an elite company 

of seven associations to be given the 

accolade. 

Schools of Football 

The Schools of Football programme, 

supported by the Scottish 

Government’s CashBack for 

Communities, is now in it’s second year. 

The player-centred initiative focuses on 

the educational, social and football 

development of pupils. 

With the new intake, 191 pupils are now 

involved at six schools – Craigie High 

School, Dundee, Cumnock Academy, 

Newbattle High School, Dalkeith, 

Braidhurst High School, Motherwell, 

Castlehead High School, Paisley and St 

Machar Academy, Aberdeen. 

Pupils entering first year at these schools 

are selected to join a programme 

which sees daily football training 

added to their curriculum. 

Pupils are selected on football 

ability and other factors, and places 

on the programme depend on 

school attendance and academic 

improvement. The first intake pf 

pupils have now moved into second 

year and will continue to develop. 

Negotiations are currently underway to 

extend the well received project. 

Bank of Scotland Soccer One 

2009 saw two significant milestones 

for the Bank of Scotland Soccer One 

programme. In June Scottish FA chief 

executive Gordon Smith announced 

that every first year high school pupil 

in Scotland would have access to free 

football training and games through 

the programme. 

At the end of the year, Gordon 

confirmed that over 1000 new boys 

and girls teams have been created 

through Soccer Once since the 

programme, which has now expanded 

to all 32 local authorities, started as 

a pilot scheme in 2006 in three local 

authorities. 

The inaugural finals were held at the 

Toryglen Football Centre and involved 

schools from all six Scottish FA regions. 

Thanks to additional CashBack funding 

the programme has been rolled-out to 

S2 pupils, with S3 to follow. 

Diversionary programmes 

Programmes such as Bank of Scotland 

Midnight Leagues and Street Football 

continue to offer opportunities and 

facilities for those from deprived 

communities and are supported 

well by the police, youth services 

and community safety forums. Both 

programmes are supported by 

CashBack funding. 

Bank of Scotland Midnight Leagues 

give young people the chance to 

play organised five-a-side football on 

Friday and Saturday evenings. In 2009, 

over 4000 young people took part 

at 121 different venues. The season 

culminated in three regional finals days 

held at Tynecastle, Rugby Park and 

Strikers Indoor Arena in Aberdeen. 

Additional funding from Robert 

Wiseman Dairies helped to extend 

the Street Football programme, which 

uses local Street Sport cages and 

mobile pitches to bring the game 

into communities during evenings, 

weekends and school holidays. In 2009 

over 8000 young people took part at 

346 venues. 

Coaches for Communities 

A partnership between the Scottish FA, 

Bank of Scotland, CashBack and The 

Scottish Sun, Coaches for Communities 

aimed to create 1000 new volunteer 

coaches. 1000 free places on Early 

Touches courses were offered to 

Scottish Sun readers with registrations 

submitted through the Scottish FA 

website. The demand was so high that 

an extra 250 places were offered. 

We are now in the process of putting 

the applicants through their coaching 

courses, and will help them to find 

opportunities to volunteer in their local 

communities. 

Volunteer Development 

The Scottish FA has built strong 

relationships with colleges and 

universities throughout the country 

and, thanks to CashBack funding, has 

been able to offer students free coach 

education in exchange for their time 

volunteering in programmes such as 

Soccer One. 

The popularity of the college volunteer 

programme was highlighted at a 

week-long festival at Toryglen Regional 

Football Centre where, in partnership 

with Glasgow City Council Education 

Services and Culture and Sport 

Glasgow, 1000 local school pupils took 

part in a variety of football activities 

and games organised by volunteers 

from Glasgow colleges. 

McDonald’s Primary Schools 

Programme 

The McDonald’s Primary Schools 

Programme created 697 new teams 

during 2009 and provided over 11,000 

primary seven boys and girls with 

over 16,000 hours of football activity, 

including curriculum-time coaching 

and after-school games. 

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Club Development 

McDonald’s also continued to 

support grassroots club development, 

announcing a new four-year deal 

to extend its involvement in the 

Scottish FA Quality Mark accreditation 

scheme, which aims to raise standards 

within clubs. 

With investment from The Big Lottery 

Fund and Youth Action Plan, six fulltime 

club development managers 

were recruited to oversee support 

and investment for over 300 clubs. 

One hundred and sixty clubs 

have now achieved Quality Mark 

accreditation. Kilwinning Community 

Sports Club, Spartans Community 

FC, Cumbernauld Colts and Letham 

Community Sports Club (McDonald’s/ 

Sunday Mail Community Club of 

the Year) are just a few of the clubs 

who have developed pathways 

supporting participation at all levels, 

from young boys and girls through to 

adult football. 

Coach Education 

The coveted UEFA Pro Licence course 

concluded in March 2010 with the 

presentation of diplomas taking place 

before Scotland’s victory against the 

Czech Republic. 

Some of world football’s most 

renowned coaches were on hand 

to offer their unique insights into 

coaching at the highest level, 

among them Andy Roxburgh, 

Gordon Strachan, Kevin Keegan, Lars 

Lagerback, Sam Allardyce, Kenny 

Dalglish and the former Germany 

assistant manager, Erich Rutemoller. 

The participants went on a club 

visit to Everton, where David Moyes 

made a presentation on his football 

philosophy. They also took part in 

an intensive programme during the 

European Under-21 Championships 

in Sweden. 

Another successful B licence course, 

involving professional players, took 

place during the international 

breaks at Toryglen Regional Football 

Centre in Glasgow. All senior leagues 

were represented and hopefully all 

coaches involved will progress to the 

A licence. 

The Scottish FA has also embraced 

UEFA’s Continuous Professional 

Development directive, which 

encourages coaches to keep their 

licences up-to-date by completing 

15 hours of development over a 

three-year period. Craig Brown, 

the Motherwell manager, gave a 

positive presentation and Alan Irvine, 

the Sheffield Wednesday manager, 

conducted a practical session. 

The first Children’s Licence was also 

completed and those involved 

praised a challenging and innovative 

course. 

National Player Pathway 

The Scottish FA has worked closely 

with colleagues from the Scottish 

Youth FA to design an agreed 

National Player Pathway for all 

recreational football under the SYFA 

banner. This is a momentous move in 

rationalising all the rules and formats 

and will allow a best-practice model 

to operate in Scottish youth football. 

After more than a year’s work, and 

20 consultations and road shows, 

the Player Pathway was launched in 

February with an implementation plan 

for delivery by the middle of next year. 

The Pathway has been designed to 

be progressive and challenging to our 

young players and will better prepare 

them to reach their potential. 

It will continually evolve over the 

coming years to allow new best 

practice to be integrated and provide 

an even better service to our coaches 

and players. 

Youth Forum 

The Scottish FA hosted a Youth Forum 

in August. Andy Roxburgh, Technical 

Director of UEFA, addressed the 

audience on topics surrounding youth 

development. The former Scotland 

manager was joined by Scottish FA 

director of football development, Jim 

Fleeting, Aberdeen’s Neil Simpson and 

Positive Coaching Scotland’s Tommy 

Boyle, along with 136 delegates who 

provided some excellent information 

on the thoughts and opinions of youth 

coaches. An electronic response 

system was used throughout the forum 

to glean answers to the questions set, 

debate points raised and progress the 

topic. Gordon Smith, who hosted the 

event, stated the Youth Forum was a 

very stimulating debate and would 

help inform our thoughts in the future. 

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Physical Literacy 

What is Physical Literacy? It is about 

good basic movement patterns and 

the fundamental skills of running, 

jumping, throwing, catching and 

kicking. The Scottish FA is keen to 

ensure that our young people 

have a chance to acquire these 

at the correct age. To this end we 

have entered a partnership with 

Clackmannanshire Council to run a 

pilot scheme in the area using three 

new secondary schools as hubs for the 

programme. Fifty four young people 

were selected to participate in the first 

pilot, which will run for three years. This 

year, our Club Development Officers 

will be running another six pilots using 

different models of delivery so that 

we can evaluate the effectiveness of 

each in the coming years. 

Academy Programmes 

The Scottish FA has been running a 

very effective school-based Academy 

Programme in Falkirk and Edinburgh 

for the last three years. Our partners 

at the professional clubs are keen to 

work together and we would look 

to increase the number of projects 

in conjunction with the clubs, where 

appropriate. At present Falkirk, Hearts 

and Hibernian will be working with us 

at the Football Academies at Graham 

High School and Broughton High 

School. 

UEFA Study Visits 

Over the last year, the Scottish FA has 

been an active participant in the 

UEFA-funded Study Visit Programme. 

We have hosted nine countries who 

visited Scotland to look at our best 

practice. Delegates from Lithuania, 

Bulgaria, Moldova, Spain, Macedonia, 

Finland, Romania, Bosnia and Turkey 

were all delighted with their visits and 

garnered plenty of new information. 

The Scottish FA also sent groups to 

Holland and Greece to look at the 

Dutch template for Coach Education 

and Greek Youth Development. 

Disability Football 

A strategic and developmental 

framework for disability football has 

been created in partnership with 

Scottish Disability Sport (SDS), the 

national governing and co-ordinating 

body for disability sport. 

The Scottish FA’s breadth of work 

within the area of disability football 

has culminated in the association 

gaining a Foundation Level certificate 

within the Equality Standard for Sport, 

thus ensuring continued mainstream 

funding from Government agencies. 

At international level, the Scottish 

FA won the bid to host the 2010 

CPISRA (Cerebral Palsy International 

Sports & Recreation Association) 

European Championships at Toryglen 

Regional Football Centre. This was 

achieved in partnership with SDS, 

eventscotland, sportscotland, Culture 

and Sport Glasgow, Glasgow City 

Marketing Bureau and UK Sport. The 

championships will take place in 

August, with Scotland competing 

against nine visiting nations. 

The Scottish Learning Disability 

under-19 team won bronze at the 

2009 Home Nations Championships 

in Dublin and the introduction of a 

national schools league for players 

with learning disabilities will help the 

development of the game. 

In order to support both the 

players and coaches within these 

programmes the Scottish FA has 

conceived a specific Coaching 

Footballers with Disabilities Certificate. 

The six-hour course is available to all 

interested parties aged 16 and over. 

We have also launched two 

deaf-specific coach education 

courses and will be the first football 

association to have a British Sign 

Language interpreter imbedded with 

in its mainstream DVDs. 

The creation of a five-year disability 

development plan next year will 

continue the Scottish FA’s effort in 

developing football opportunities for 

those with disabilities. 

Girls/Women’s football 

The Girls and Women’s leagues have 

implemented a major structural 

change to the football calendar. 

Embracing the need for summer 

football, all leagues now run from 

March to November. 

This represents a significant 

development and one that is likely 

to be adopted elsewhere. In a year 

of rapid development, the Scottish 

Women’s Football League has also 

integrated their administrative and 

organisational wings into the 

Scottish FA. 

In addition, a National Women’s 

Football Academy has been 

established at the University of Stirling. 

The programme, linking in Forth 

Valley College, allows the country’s 

most talented female players to 

study their choice of degree while 

benefitting from a football and sports 

science programme. 

Three regional football academies 

for women have also been formed 

in partnership with the higher and 

further education sectors: 

South East Region - Edinburgh 

University/Heriot Watt University/ 

Telford College 

East Region – Dundee University/ 

University of Abertay/Dundee 

College 

North Region – University of 

Aberdeen/The Robert Gordon 

University and Aberdeen College 

One hundred girls attended 

the under-15 national camp at 

Tulliallan National Police Training 

College in June, with the focus on 

developing technique and lifestyle 

management. Eighty-four parents 

also attended a workshop delivered 

by Positive Coaching Scotland to 

promote positive touchline behaviour 

and explore how parents can best 

support their daughters. A mentoring 

scheme was also implemented for 40 

young coaches. 

Investment from CashBack for 

Communities has encouraged girls 

and women’s clubs to train 

more often, with 600 additional 

coaching sessions involving 

7000 more players. 

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Scottish Cup Competitions 

Sponsored jointly by the chairman 

of City Refrigeration, Willie Haughey, 

and the Scottish Government, the 

2008/2009 Scottish Cup celebrated 

Scotland’s national year of 

‘Homecoming’ and the 250th 

anniversary of the birth of Robert 

Burns. The tournament produced 

some thrilling football and upsets 

along the way. 

Dunfermline Athletic provided 

one of the customary cup shocks, 

defeating Aberdeen in the quarterfinal 

replay in a dramatic penalty 

shootout at Pittodrie. Their hopes of 

glory were ended by Falkirk in a 2-0 

semi-final defeat. 

Rangers successfully defended 

their trophy in a dogged final 

against Falkirk, one played amid the 

swelter of a sun-kissed south side of 

Glasgow. Nacho Novo, a half-time 

substitute, scored a spectacular 

winner to ensure victory for Walter 

Smith’s side. 

The Scottish Cup competition 

celebrated it’s 125th year in Season 

2009/2010. The unique sponsorship 

partnership continued with the Cup 

joining in the Scottish Government’s 

Active Nation campaign. 

In the Scottish FA Youth Cup, 

Hibernian deposed the holders, 

Rangers, with a fine 2-1 victory at 

Hampden Park. 

St Mirren defeated Motherwell and 

Celtic en route to the semi-final, Billy 

Mehmet scoring the winning goal 

in both ties, but their quest to reach 

the final ended with a 3-0 defeat by 

Rangers. 

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Refereeing 

FIFA Assistant Referees: 

Martin Cryans 

Tom Murphy 

Francis Andrews 

George Drummond 

Keith Sorbie 

Willie Conquer 

Alan Cunningham 

Gordon Middleton 

Graham Chambers 

James Bee 

FIFA Referees: 

Recruitment is at the forefront of the 

referee development department’s 

effort to service the game at all 

levels. 

A pioneering schools initiative will 

form the core strategy designed 

to encourage and increase the 

participation in football refereeing by 

secondary school pupils. The initiative 

will also be instrumental in raising 

awareness and understanding of 

the Laws of the Game for pupils in 

S5 and S6. 

Eleven schools are participating 

in the pilot scheme in the West of 

Scotland and already around 100 

pupils have completed the referee’s 

exam, with 50% successfully attaining 

a pass mark that automatically allows 

the successful candidates entry to 

their respective referee association. 

The Scottish Qualification Authority is 

fully supportive of the pilot scheme. A 

module will be developed to support 

a Laws of the Game certificate 

being part of the physical education 

curriculum. 

Based on the very positive feedback 

from the schools involved in the 

scheme, we will now extend the pilot 

across Scotland. 

Once again, referees at the top level 

have been subjected to increasing 

scrutiny and criticism in the age of 

instant replays, multitude camera 

angles, phone-ins and message 

boards. 

It has been recognised that 

some performances have been 

undermined by errors but the intense 

focus on these lapses served only to 

exacerbate the situation and create 

an environment of negativity and 

even conspiracy. 

This completely overshadowed 

the number of positive refereeing 

performances but we will share the 

experience of any errors identified 

and all officials will work relentlessly 

to uphold and enhance the integrity 

and honesty of our profession. 

On the international scene, 

Craig Thomson has recently been 

elevated to UEFA’s Elite Category 

and already he has officiated in four 

UEFA Champions League matches. 

Morag Pirie continues to fly the flag 

as Scotland’s sole female referee 

and was also promoted within UEFA’s 

latest rankings. New to FIFA’s Women 

Assistant Referee list is 25-yearold 

Lorraine Clark, who was also 

promoted to our domestic Category 

3 listings in February this year. 

Craig Thomson 

William Collum 

Douglas McDonald 

Euan Norris 

Alan Muir 

Bobby Madden 

Steven McLean 

FIFA Women Referee: 

Morag Pirie 

FIFA Woman Assistant Referee: 

Lorraine Clark 

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03 off the field: 

Financial Report 

03 off the field 

The Scottish FA’s total turnover, 

excluding subsidiary companies, 

amounted to £22.6m for 2009, an 

increase from the 2008 figure of 

£20.8m. The main factor was the 

signing of a unique sponsorship deal 

with City Refrigeration Holdings, 

in partnership with the Scottish 

Government, which resulted in the 

rebranding of the Association’s 

principal cup competition as the 

Homecoming Scottish Cup and 

latterly, Active Nation Scottish Cup. 

Moreover, during the year three 

World Cup qualification matches 

were played at Hampden, with 

healthy attendances recorded 

against Iceland, Macedonia and the 

Netherlands. 

be earned in excess of the basic 

guarantee under the IMG television 

contract, due to increased sales of 

overseas broadcast and trackside 

advertising rights. 

The various sources of turnover, 

excluding subsidiary companies, 

are shown in the accompanying 

graph: 

INCOME 

Scottish Cup..................................26% 

Commercial Income....................20% 

International Matches..................18% 

Television and Radio.....................16% 

Football Development Dept..........9% 

It should be noted that the Scottish 

FA has not been immune to the 

effects of the difficult economic 

climate, with the liquidation 

of its main kit supplier, Diadora 

UK Ltd. A new kit contract was 

subsequently finalised with adidas, 

which commenced in 2010. 

Nevertheless, the Association was 

able to report increased revenues 

from commercial enterprises, while 

additional income continued to 

turnover 

£22.6m 

Youth Action Plan...........................5% 

Other Income..................................6% 

As part of the overall Youth Action 

Plan project, payment of the annual 

Performance Club Grants was met 

by the Scottish Football Partnership 

during the year, with a total amount 

of just over £1.5m being paid out to 

clubs to assist their activities in this 

vital area. 

The Association also distributed 

over £1m in December in respect of 

year-end and licensed club grants 

to clubs and associations, together 

with a payment of £700,000 to the 

Scottish Football Partnership to 

support its work on behalf of clubs. 

The overall level of Performance 

Grants paid to clubs can be seen 

in the following graph: 

PERFORMANCE GRANTS 

PAID TO CLUBS 

2007: £1,400,000 

2008: £1,487,000 

2009: £1,539,000 

The various areas of expenditure, 

excluding subsidiary companies, are 

shown in the accompanying graph. 

EXPENDITURE 

Payments to member clubs.........27% 

Staff costs........................................22% 

Match costs....................................21% 

Football Development Dept........12% 

Departmental costs.........................6% 

Other Administrative costs............12% 

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Commercial Activity 

03 off the field 

A partnership was also launched 

with Citylink to assist with the 

transportation of fans to and from 

Hampden for Scotland matches. 

Contracts with Specsavers, Park’s 

Motor Group, Seat and Taggarts 

were also renewed during the year. 

While the results in the FIFA World 

Cup 2010 qualifying campaign 

were disappointing, the team 

played in front of a sell-out crowd 

in the last two matches against 

Macedonia and The Netherlands. A 

‘Saltire Saturday’ PR campaign was 

initiated in the build-up to the crucial 

Macedonia match and captured the 

imagination of the supporters and the 

media: the atmosphere at Hampden 

Park was electric and the stadium 

was a sea of blue and white. 

We also launched a wide range 

of new marketing initiatives on the 

Scottish Cup. 

These included the Homecoming 

Trophy Tour, taking the famous old 

cup on the road visiting schools, 

shopping centres and iconic 

venues across Scotland. We also 

had a Cup Kidz campaign to give 

young footballers the opportunity 

to participate in a number of areas 

during the tournament. Activities 

ranged from PR and coaching 

events attended by famous players, 

to educational projects undertaken 

in schools. The culmination of this 

was The Homecoming Scottish Cup 

Final Football Festival, involving 

hundreds of youngsters in a prematch 

parade. 

Lottery Fund, a dramatic increase 

in the number of participating clubs 

was recorded. 

Finally, in November, David Kells, 

Group Commercial Director, retired 

after three years at the Scottish 

FA, combining his role with that of 

Executive Director of Hampden Park 

Limited. Following his retirement, 

Kenny MacLeod was appointed as 

Head of Commercial Operations. 

Kenny joins us from Celtic FC and 

brings a wealth of commercial 

expertise to the role. He looks 

forward to bringing in more revenue 

and attracting new sponsors to the 

Association this year and beyond. 

Commercial revenue of £12.6m 

was generated by the Association 

last year thanks to the involvement 

of several new sponsors and the 

renewal of key contracts. 

The most significant new addition to 

the portfolio was adidas, the world’s 

most prestigious football brand. 

The four-year deal was announced 

in October as the new official 

sportswear supplier to the Scotland 

National Teams, providing all match 

apparel, replica kit, training and 

leisure wear. In addition, adidas will 

be the official supplier of footballs as 

well as referees’ and coaching kit. 

A new home kit was launched to 

widespread approval from the 

players, manager and Scotland 

support when it was unveiled by the 

national team for Craig Levein’s first 

match in charge, in the Tennent’s 

International Challenge match 

against the Czech Republic at 

Hampden on March 3. Replica kit 

will be available for the public to buy 

from our new on-line retail partner, 

Greaves Sports. 

G4S, Europe’s leading independent 

event security company, also 

became official sponsors of the 

Scotland Supporters Club in a fouryear 

deal. 

This new deal recognises the 

importance of the Scotland fans 

to the success of the team and 

the agreement will assist both 

organisations to provide the best 

possible support and information 

for Scotland fans both at Hampden 

Park and at away matches. 

In addition, a new partnership 

with Robert Wiseman Dairies was 

launched to enhance the Scottish 

FA’s successful Street Football 

programme which brings football 

into communities, giving more 

young people the chance to play 

football more often. The company 

invested additional funding into the 

programme, which is also supported 

by the Scottish Government through 

their CashBack funding scheme, 

and run in partnership with local 

authorities. 

In December, renewals for 

the Scotland Supporters Club 

commenced for the period covering 

January 2010 – December 2011. With 

early figures for members renewing 

reaching target it is hoped that the 

membership will reach its maximum 

level of 32,500 again. 

This year also represents the 30th 

anniversary of the Scottish FA’s official 

supporters club. The occasion has 

been marked by the development 

of a new logo and strapline: Your 

Country, Your 

Passion, Your 

Club. An exclusive 

members’ pack has 

been produced 

to celebrate 

the anniversary, 

including an 

exclusive retro t-shirt 

and member’s 

badge amongst 

other items. 

The Scottish FA Youth Football Brand 

also had an extremely busy year 

with a number of events supported 

by our key partners - Street Football, 

Midnight Leagues, Schools of 

Football and Primary and Secondary 

School programmes - taking place 

across the country. 

We introduced a new initiative, 

Coaches for Communities, to 

recruit volunteers to support 

these programmes. This was run in 

partnership with CashBack, Bank 

of Scotland and the Scottish Sun 

and resulted in 1250 new volunteers 

signing up. 

We also worked closely to 

develop and support youth 

football clubs through the 

Quality Mark accreditation 

programme. Thanks to 

investment and supply of kit 

from McDonald’s and The Big 

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Current Partners 


Registrations 

adidas 

Official Sportswear Supplier of the 

Scottish FA 

www.adidas.com/football 

Active Nation 

Sponsor of Scottish Cup 

Competition 

www.ouractivenation.co.uk 

City Refrigeration Holdings 

(UK) Limited 

Sponsor of Scottish Cup Competition 

www.city-holdings.co.uk 

Tennent’s 

Sponsor of the International 

Men’s A & B and Women’s 

A Teams 

www.tennents.com 

IMG 

Media Rights Partner 

www.imgworld.com 

CashBack 

Sponsor of Men’s Under 21 Team, 

Official Community Partner and 

Sponsor of Street Football, Soccer 

2 & 3, Schools of Football and 

Volunteer Programme 

www.CashBackscotland.com 

Avia Signs 

Official Signage Partner 

www.aviasigns.com 

Bank of Scotland 

Sponsor of Soccer One and Midnight 

League Programmes 

www.bankofscotland.co.uk 

Big Lottery 

Funding Partner of Youth Football 

www.biglotteryfund.org.uk 

G4S 

Official Sponsor of the 

Scotland Supporters Club 

www.g4s.com 

McDonald’s 

Official Community Partner and 

sponsor of Quality Mark Programme 

www.mcdonalds.co.uk 

Marks & Spencer 

Official Tailor of the Scotland 

Football Team 

www.marksandspencer.com 

Nationwide Building Society 

Official Financial Services Partner 

www.nationwidefootball.co.uk 

Park’s Motor Group 

Supplier of Coaches for the Scotland 

National Teams 

www.parks.uk.com 

PPL Sport & Leisure 

Publication Partner for Match 

Programmes 

www.pplsport.com 

Purely Scottish 

Official Water Supplier 

www.purelyscottish.com 

Scottish Citylink 

Supplier of Travel Provision for 

supporters to Hampden Park on 

match days 

www.citylink.co.uk 

Seat 

Official Vehicle Supplier 

www.seat.co.uk 

SECC 

Supplier of Ticketing Services 

www.ticketsoup.com 

Specsavers 

Main Sponsor of Referees 

www.specsavers.co.uk 

Sportscotland 

Funding Partner of Scottish FA 

including Youth Football 

www.sportscotland.org.uk 

Taggarts 

Official Supplier of 

Executive Cars 

www.taggarts.co.uk 

Team Talk International 

Supplier of Travel Guide 

Information 

www.teamtalkinternational.com 

The department held a refresher 

training course for the clubs during 

that month and has now devised a 

training plan for all Scottish Football 

League clubs in preparation for their 

adoption of the system from the 

summer. 

Club Extranet 

Access to the Scottish FA extranet has 

been made available to all Scottish 

Junior FA clubs, allowing immediate, 

convenient access to a database of 

registered players’ details. 

This will improve efficiency and 

reduce cost to the Scottish FA as 

acknowledgements of registrations 

will no longer be posted to the clubs. 

Instead, confirmation of registrations 

and cancellations will be available 

on the extranet, along with circulars 

and other online services provided 

on the noticeboard section, such as 

international clearances, registration 

forms and friendly and testimonial 

match requests. These will all help 

improve direct communication with 

the clubs. 

Players’ Agents 

The Registrations Department has 

enjoyed a challenging year of 

modernising and streamlining working 

practices. Improvements have been 

made in a number of areas: 

National Registrations Project/ 

Online Registrations 

The implementation of web-based 

access to online registrations for 

the Scottish Amateur FA’s clubs 

has proved a great success. The 

system has now been adopted 

by the Scottish Women’s FA and 

Scottish Welfare FA and will be fully 

operational for these Affiliated 

National Associations from the 

beginning of season 2010/2011. 

The next phase will involve assessing 

the requirements for the senior game 

with a view to developing an online 

registrations system at the highest 

level as soon as possible. 

FIFA Transfer 

Management System 

The system went live in October 2009 

with Scottish Premier League clubs 

using it for the first time in the January 

transfer window. 

Domestic Players’ Agents Regulations 

were formally adopted by the Board 

in July. There are 52 agents operating 

with their details fully maintained 

and updated on the Scottish FA’s 

database, FIFA website, and FIFA TMS 

system. 

Committees 

The department continues to service 

all aspects of the Appeals processes, 

as well as Compensation Tribunals, 

Arbitrations, General Purposes 

Committee, Medical Sub-Committee, 

Register of Competitions and Official 

Returns. 

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Disciplinary 

The Disciplinary Committee dealt 

with its first case of Improper 

Conduct involving simulation since 

the introduction of new provisions 

in season 2008/09 designed to 

eradicate the scourge of the modern 

game. 

The incident occurred between 

Rangers and Aberdeen at the end of 

last year and involved a player, Kyle 

Lafferty, feigning a head-butt injury 

which resulted in an opposing player, 

Charles Mulgrew, being incorrectly 

dismissed. 

Lafferty was found guilty and a 

two-match suspension imposed in 

accordance with the guidelines. 

The department has also been 

heavily involved in the development 

of the disciplinary section of the Club 

Extranet, which allows clubs to log in 

and check disciplinary information for 

all of their players. 

The improvements made to the site 

mean that clubs can now see a 

summary of player suspensions and 

points totals at all levels, from firstteam 

squad to under-11s. A facility is 

also in place for clubs to view what 

act of misconduct was incurred in a 

specific match. 

National Youth Project 

The National Youth Project exists to 

support young players as they enter 

into a full-time career in football. 

They have overseen an expansion in 

the courses undertaken by players 

through a network of colleges, 

schools and private training providers 

who complement the delivery of 

the Scottish Vocational Qualification 

in Achieving Excellence in Sports 

Performance at SVQ Level 3. 

This season, 130 new candidates 

entered the programme having 

joined 20 full-time clubs in the SPL 

and SFL. They join the existing 

140 players who have moved 

into the second year of 

the programme. The 

courses are at a level 

appropriate to each 

player and in a subject 

area of their own choice, 

ranging from Standard Grades and 

Highers to modules in practical skills 

at HNC and HND levels. 

Leonardo da Vinci Programme 

Eight Scottish clubs benefited from 

the opportunity to have their youth 

teams spend two weeks attending 

training camps in this EU-funded 

initiative. 

Motherwell and Dundee travelled to 

Cyprus, Hibernian and Queen’s Park 

were in Portugal, Aberdeen were in 

Spain, and Kilmarnock, St Mirren and 

Rangers enjoyed first-class facilities in 

Turkey. 

The clubs enjoyed two training 

session per day on high-quality 

pitches and had full access to the 

kind of facilities not readily available 

during the winter months in Scotland. 

The programme was an enriching 

experience on sporting, educational 

and cultural levels and the coaches 

and players involved spoke of the 

benefits of encountering different 

scenarios, styles of football and 

standards of opposition. 

In addition, players developed 

foreign language and, for some, a 

first experience of the responsibilities 

of independence away from their 

families. The Scottish FA has already 

submitted a bid for the continuation 

of this initiative. 

Security 

Through the provision of grant 

assistance to the Football Safety 

Officers Association Scotland by 

the Association and the Leagues, 

more clubs now have Safety Officers 

trained to SVQ Level 4 certification 

than ever before. Five years’ ago 

such competencies at Scottish Clubs 

would never have been imagined. 

This accreditation means not only 

compliance with the requirements of 

the recently published Fifth edition of 

the Green Guide, but also provides 

a measure of confidence to the 

police commanders around the 

country regarding the competencies 

of the Safety Officers within our 

Clubs. Through this initiative and the 

improvements in the quality of the 

Stewards being employed on match 

days, who themselves now require 

specific training for their role, it is to 

be hoped that the balance of police 

deployed at many matches will 

decrease, with stewards undertaking 

some of their previously identified 

duties. 

This, in turn, will provide economic 

benefits to clubs, whilst at the same 

time meeting a Scottish Government 

expectation that more police officers 

will be returned to what their primary 

role is – more officers on our streets in 

the various communities. 

Department. Lead times from placing 

an order to delivery can now be 

some 15 to 18 months and our new 

kit partner, adidas, was challenged 

with providing a new design of 

Scotland kit for our national teams in 

under six months. At the same time, 

our Kit Department was challenged 

to manage the limited existing stock 

of Diadora equipment for all of our 

national teams at the various age 

levels until the new adidas kit was 

delivered. 

Willie Neil and his colleagues, George 

Boor and Brendan McIlduff, have 

burnt the midnight oil on a number of 

occasions ensuring that kit returned 

by one team could be turned around 

and re-cycled for another team 

going out a week or so later. 

Sports Medicine 

The Sports Medicine Centre has 

continued its expansion of service 

provision to Scottish football, the 

wider sporting community and the 

general public. 

The team of experts has been 

recruited to offer support to the 

Commonwealth Games in Delhi 

this year, London’s Olympic Games 

in 2012 and advance planning 

has already been undertaken for 

the Commonwealth Games in 

Glasgow in 2014, in partnership with 

sportscotland’s Institute of Sport. 

complimentary service extended 

to all Scottish Premier League and 

Scottish Football League clubs. 

More than 12,000 clients visited 

the centre in the past year, which 

represents a 13% increase in 

attendance. The centre has also 

cultivated a strong research and 

educational relationship with 

university and college student 

teaching, offering project support 

as well as tutorials and lectures for 

doctors and physiotherapists. 

The clinic continues to provide a wide 

Citizenship Through Football 

range of services to the Scottish FA, 

2009 witnessed the first full year of 

incorporating the national teams, 

the Scottish FA’s involvement in 

Early indications are that the first 

referees, club licensing, Medical 

the Citizenship Through Football 

“police free games in Scotland” are 

Committee and staff medicals. They 

A new service is also being offered 

project. Co-ordinated by Gavin 

not far away. Scottish football will 

are the major providers of Sports 

to monitor the health and fitness of 

Gray, who has been seconded 

be watching this development with 

First Aid training in Scotland with 

football managers across the country 

interest. 

expansion of service to cover all 

to work with the Scottish FA from 

in an increasingly demanding and 

amateur and junior clubs in Scotland 

the Scottish Government, the “CTF 

competitive environment. 

The project received recognition in 

Kit 

and the versatility of the centre is 

Project” Group met bi-monthly 

November 2009 at the SQA award 

exemplified by the support to the 

under the Chairmanship of the SFA’s 

The announcement of Scotland’s The ongoing partnership with the 

ceremony in Edinburgh, where the 

business community, Scottish Ballet, 

Chief Executive, Gordon Smith, to 

new kit supplier, adidas, in October, Scottish Government, University 

NYP was presented with a Highly 

Glasgow School of Sport and the 

discuss with the various partners in 

2009, following the departure 

of Glasgow and Scottish FA has 

Commended trophy for innovation in 

Dance School of Scotland. 

the project how football can help 

from the football scene of our kit culminated in a free cardiac 

delivery. 

contribute in the development of 

partner, Diadora, presented a set of screening programme for all active 

better citizens. 

challenges for the Association’s Kit 16-year-olds in Scotland, with the 

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Initiatives 

to operate a successful exhibitions 

programme, covering a diversity 

of subjects such as the centenary 

of Firhill Stadium, a promotion of 

schools football in Glasgow and 

an exhibition of satirical cartoons 

courtesy of the renowned Edinburgh 

Evening News cartoonist, Frank Boyle 

Club Licensing 

The objective of the Scottish FA’s 

Club Licensing system is to raise 

standards within Scottish Football. 

Licensing sets standards in aspects 

of club activities and these are 

assessed and monitored by the SFA. 

in the 

Scottish Football Museum 

The Scottish Football Museum 

exists to promote and protect the 

country’s unique football heritage, 

to build and maintain a national 

football collection, and to educate 

and inspire future generations. 

There have been many highlights 

over the last 12 months. In November 

2009 the extensive collections 

held by the museum were formally 

recognised as being ‘nationally 

significant’ through the Scottish 

Government-funded Recognition 

Scheme. The scheme is run by 

Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) 

and completes an historic treble 

within the heritage and tourism 

sector, as the museum also holds 

the accreditation standard from 

Museum Libraries Archives - as a 

non-government funded national 

museum - and Visit Scotland’s 

prestigious five-star status - placing 

the museum in the top 3% of all 

visitor attractions in Scotland. The 

Recognition Scheme award will 

enable the museum to secure 

important funding that, in turn, will 

help expand the collections and the 

overall experience. 

The museum also launched a 

year-long pilot project aimed at 

providing therapy to people with 

dementia. The Scottish Football 

Reminiscence Project was funded 

by MGS, in conjunction with seven 

partners covering four regions 

across Scotland. Images from the 

collections were digitised and 

made available online for care 

home facilitators to access when 

conducting reminiscence group 

sessions. 

The project has been a huge 

success and a report by Glasgow 

Caledonian University on the 

medical benefits of the therapy 

will enable the museum to make a 

robust case for extending the project 

nationally. The museum continues 

Following an SFA Board project 

and extensive consultation with the 

Scottish Highland League, it was 

agreed to expand the licensing 

system to include member clubs 

which participate in the Scottish 

Highland Football League. In the 

Scottish Football League, the SFA is 

delighted to note a year-on-year 

increase in the number of clubs 

meeting the licensing requirements 

- 22 out of 30 clubs, compared to 16 

at the end of season 2008/9. 

The SFA Board recognises the 

operational impact of the licensing 

system and from the beginning of 

this season established a further 

Standing Committee, the Licensing 

Committee, to progress all licensing 

matters. 

At the very top end of the game 

UEFA is developing a set of Financial 

Fair Play Regulations which are 

due to be approved by the UEFA 

Exco in May 2010. The principles 

of a Financial Fair Play system are 

supported by the Scottish FA. 

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04 in the stands: 

The National Stadium 


secured record figures with particular 

growth over the festive period. 

Nine-man Rangers defeated 

St. Mirren 1-0 to secure the first 

silverware of 2010, the Co-operative 

Insurance Cup, on Sunday 21st 

March. This year’s showpiece, the 

Active Nation Scottish Cup Final 

will be played at the Stadium on 

Saturday 15th May. 

400,000 

visitors 

Hampden Park Ltd delivered record 

turnover in the past year. Scotland’s 

World Cup qualification campaign, 

the domestic cup competitions 

and a record breaking-and 

unforgettable concert programme 

throughout the summer all 

contributed to the unprecedented 

success. 

The Homecoming Scottish Cup 

final was played before a packed 

stadium with Rangers narrowly 

defeating Falkirk 1-0 courtesy of 

Nacho Novo winner. 

Although the national team were 

unable to achieve a play-off place 

in their group, the dramatic final 

games against Macedonia and the 

Netherlands generated not only a 

rousing support but considerable 

corporate interest. 

Around 400,000 people visited 

the stadium to enjoy some of the 

world’s leading music acts. Take That 

performed to a capacity audience 

on three consecutive nights in June, 

in doing so recording a first for any 

stadium in Scotland. Legendary 

rockers AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen 

and U2 all drew huge audiences 

of all ages, as did The Eagles and 

Coldplay. 

This summer promises to be equally 

exciting, with Sir Paul McCartney 

returning to Scotland for the first time 

in 20 years, playing on Sunday, June 

20, and Pink bringing her unique 

brand of raucous and raunchy rock 

on Saturday, June 26. 

Hampden Park will also be the 

only Scottish venue chosen to host 

matches for the 2012 Olympic 

Games. Planning is underway to 

ensure we play our part in the 

Greatest Show on Earth. 

Preparations for the 2014 

Commonwealth Games is also 

gaining momentum. As Glasgow’s 

key venue, a temporary 400m 

running track will be installed in the 

stadium to host the athletics events 

that will be beamed to a global 

audience. 

BT Scotland and Inbev UK continued 

their valued support of the stadium, 

while Prestige Scotland, our catering 

partner, continued to raise the profile 

of Hampden’s excellent conference 

and banqueting facilities. Although 

competing in a particularly 

challenging market, Prestige also 

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meet the 

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05 meet the Scottish FA: 

Board of Directors 


Attendance Registers 2009 

George Peat 

President 

John Gold 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Campbell Ogilvie 

First Vice President 

Rod Petrie 

Standing Committees 

Chairman: George Peat 

Vice Chairman: Campbell Ogilvie 

Members: John Gold, Ralph Topping, Tom 

Johnston, Jim Ballantyne, Alan McRae, 

Rod Petrie, Richard Shaw, Gordon Smith, 

Sandy Stables 

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL COMMITTEE 



Members: Jim Ballantyne, Iain Blair, Andrew 

Dickson, Neil Doncaster, David Longmuir, 

Ewen Cameron, Gordon Smith 

RECREATIONAL FOOTBALL COMMITTEE 

Chairman: John Gold 

Vice Chairman: Angus MacKay 

Members: Donald Beaton, Rod Houston, 

David Little, Maureen McGonigle, Tom 

McGowan, Alex McMenemy, Gordon Pate, 

Ian Richardson, Stewart Taylor 

Alan McRae 

Second Vice President 

Richard Shaw 

Gordon Smith 

Ralph Topping 

DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE 

Chairman: Sandy Stables 

Vice Chairman: Eric Riley 

Members: Colin Holden, Michael Johnston, 

Angus MacKay, Scott Struthers, Lachlan 

Cameron, Stephen Thompson 

APPEALS COMMITTEE 

Chairman: Campbell Ogilvie 

Vice Chairman: Derrick Brown 

Members: Steven Brown, Colin Holden, Finlay 

Noble, Eric Riley, Martin Ritchie 

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE 

Chairman: Richard Shaw 

Vice Chairman: Scott Struthers 

Members: Derrick Brown, Steven Brown, 

Andrew Dickson, Finlay Noble, Martin Ritchie 

REFEREE COMMITTEE 

Chairman: Alan McRae 

Vice Chairman: David Dowling 

Members: Ian Fyfe, Jim McCluskey, Sandy Roy, 

Donald McVicar, Alan Freeland, William Young 

Tom Johnston 

Sandy Stables 

Jim Ballantyne 

MEDICAL COMMITTEE 

Chairman: Tom Johnston 

Vice Chair: Maureen McGonigle 

Members: Donald Beaton, Jim Fallon, 

Prof. Stewart Hillis, David Little, 

Gordon Mackay, Dr John MacLean, 

Campbell Ogilvie, Andrew Waddell 

EMERGENCY COMMITTEE 



Members: Ralph Topping, Jim Ballantyne, 

Alan McRae, Gordon Smith 

LICENSING COMMITTEE 

Chairman: Rod Petrie 

Vice Chairman: Ewen Cameron 

Members: Lachlan Cameron, David Dowling, 

Michael Johnston, Stephen Thompson, 

Andrew Waddell 

G.W. Peat 4 8 3 2 

R.C. Ogilvie 1 9 5 3 1 

A. McRae 4 8 5 1 

J.C. McGinn 4 

J.F. McBeth 3 

A E. Stables 4 8 6 3 

R. Petrie 3 7 3 3 

J.D. Brown 4 7 6 

H.A. Campbell Adamson 2 

A. Dickson 2 1 2 6 

D.A. Dowling 4 2 2 3 2 

R.W.Shaw 4 9 2 3 

M. Mulraney 2 1 2 

S.A. Struthers 4 6 2 3 

T.B. McMaster 4 8 5 1 

J. Ballantyne 4 1 4 2 1 

D. MacIntyre 3 5 2 

E.J. Riley 3 4 7 3 

D. Fraser 0 3 1 

M. Johnston 4 5 3 3 

Dr. A. Waddell 2 3 3 3 

F. Noble 3 2 7 4 

A.R. McClymont 0 1 2 

A. Mackay 2 2 1 2 

T. Johnston 4 7 3 

J. Gold 4 9 4 

D.A. Beaton 3 3 2 1 

M. McGonigle 3 3 3 

D. Little 3 3 2 

C. Brown 2 1 

R.R. Houston 4 4 

A.B. McMenemy 4 4 

I. Richardson 3 3 

S. Taylor 3 4 

T. McGowan 3 3 

S.Brown 2 4 4 

C. Holden 2 4 4 

G. Pate 2 2 

M. Ritchie 2 3 3 

S. Thompson 1 3 2 

E. Cameron 

G. Smith 4 10 5 2 

CO-OPTED MEMBERS 

Council 

Council 

Board 

Board 

Professional 

Football 

Professional 


Recreational 


Recreational 


Disciplinary 

Disciplinary 

R Topping 1 

L Gold 5 4 

D. Longmuir 4 

I. Blair 4 

Prof. W.S. Hillis 3 

J. Fallon 3 

G. Mackay 1 

Dr. J MacLean 3 

N. Doncaster 1 

D. Fleming 3 

I. Fyfe 6 

K. Hope 1 

J. McCluskey 5 

S. Roy 6 

R. Valentine 2 

D. McVicar 3 

A. Freeland 3 

W. Young 3 

Appeals 

Appeals 

General 

Purposes 

General 

Purposes 

Referee 

Referee 

Medical 

Medical 

Emergency 

Emergency 

Licensing 

Licensing 

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Council 2009/2010 


Scottish FA Staff 

George Peat Gordon Smith Campbell Ogilvie Alan McRae 

Jack McGinn John McBeth Sandy Stables 

Rod Petrie J Derrick Brown 

Andrew Dickson 

Angus Mackay 

Tom McGowan 

PATRON 

Her Majesty The Queen 

David Dowling 

Tom Johnston 

Colin Holden 

OFFICE BEARERS 

President 

George W. Peat 

First Vice-President 

R. Campbell Ogilvie 

Second Vice-President 

Alan McRae 

Hon. Vice-Presidents 

David H. Will C.B.E. (deceased) 

John C. McGinn 

John F. McBeth 

AFFILIATED ASSOCIATION 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Aberdeenshire and District F.A. 

Alexander E. Stables 

East of Scotland F.A. 

Roderick M. Petrie 

Richard Shaw 

John Gold 

Ewen Cameron 

Scott Struthers 

Maureen McGonigle 

Donald Beaton 

Fife F.A. 

J. Derrick Brown 

Forfarshire F.A. 

Steven Brown 

Glasgow F.A. 

Eric J. Riley 

North of Scotland F.A. 

David A. Dowling 

Southern Counties F.A. 

Richard W. Shaw M.B.E. 

Stirlingshire F.A. 

W. Martin Ritchie 

West of Scotland F.A. 

Scott A. Struthers 

LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES 

Scottish Football League 

James W. Ballantyne 

Ewen Cameron 

Lachlan Cameron 

Jim Ballantyne 

David Little 

Gordon Pate 

Eric Riley 

Dr Roderick 

R. Houston 

Martin Ritchie 

Scottish Premier League 

Andrew Dickson 

Stephen Thompson 

Michael Johnston 

East of Scotland Football League 

Dr Andrew Waddell 

Scottish Highland Football League 

Finlay M. Noble 

South of Scotland Football League 

Colin C. Holden 

AFFILIATED NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION 


Scottish Amateur F.A. 

Angus Mackay 

Scottish Junior F.A. 

Tom A. Johnston 

Scottish Schools’ F.A. 

John Gold 

Michael Johnston 

Alex B. McMenemy 

Stephen Thompson 

Dr Andrew Waddell 

Ian Richardson 

Steve Brown 

Scottish Welfare F.A. 

Donald A. Beaton 

Scottish Women’s Football 

Maureen McGonigle 

Scottish Youth F.A. 

David M. Little 

Finlay Noble 

Stewart Taylor 

Lachlan Cameron 

REGIONAL COMMITTEE 


Dr. Roderick R. Houston 

Alex B McMenemy 

Gordon L.F. Pate 

Ian Richardson 

Stewart Taylor 

Tom McGowan 

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE 

George Peat, President 

Karen Curwen, Personal Assistant 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

Gordon Smith, Chief Executive 

Sandra Buchanan, Personal Assistant 

COMMERCIAL & MARKETING 

Kenny MacLeod, 

Head of Commercial Operations 

Colin Banks, Marketing Manager 

Karen Presly, Brand Manager 

Andrea Rennie/Pamela Stewart, 

Brand Manager 

Anne Marie McGhie, Personal Secretary 

Jennifer Hutchison, Brand Manager 

CUSTOMER SERVICES 

Alison Jack, Customer Services Manager 

Siobhan Boyd, 

Assistant Customer Services Manager 

Susan McCue, 

Customer Services Executive - Ticketing 

Michelle Rigley, Customer Services Agent - 

Supporters Club 

Sharon Ellis, Customer Services Agent - Ticketing 

Aoibhin Friel, Customer Services Agent 

- Supporters Club 

Gillian Hughes, Customer Services Agent 

- Membership Services 

Bob Bryan, Mailroom Manager 

Geraldine Buckman, 

Receptionist/Mailroom Assistant 

COMMUNICATIONS 

Darryl Broadfoot, Head of Communications 

Clare Bodel, Assistant Communications 

Executive 

Kayleigh Cameron, Assistant 

Communications Executive 

Stephen Tulloch, Graphic Designer 

Val West, Desktop Publishing Operator 

Joe McGlynn, Print Manager 

John Mathie, Printer 

FINANCE 

Jim Hynes, Head of Department 

Keith Sharp, Financial Accountant 

Kirsten Thomson, Accountant 

Nicola Rae, Purchase Ledger Clerk 

Sandra Woodhouse/Clare Doherty, 

Accounts Assistant 

FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATION 

David Findlay, Head of Football Administration 

Derek Hunter, National Club Licensing Manager 

Matthew Reid, Club Licensing Officer 

Laura Dougan, Disciplinary Department 

Manager 

Mark Snell, Admin. Assistant 

Willie Neil, Kit Room Supervisor 

George Boor, Kit Room Assistant 

Brendan McIlduff, Kit Room Assistant 

Andrew Niven, National Teams Administration, 

Competitions & Matches Manager 

Frank Reilly, Assistant Manager 

Anne Marie Arthur, Senior Administrator 

(Competitions) 

Liz Robertson, Senior Administrator (Events) 

Eileen Logan, Administrator 

Julie Frame, League Administrator, 

Girls’/Women’s Football 

Campbell Money, SFYI Development 

and Monitoring Coordinator 

Sandy Bryson, Head of Registrations Dept. 

Karen Costello, Admin. Asst. 

Joanne Joyce, Admin. Asst. 

Vicki McMullan, Admin. Asst./Dept. Secretary 

Derek Kirkwood, Security Advisor 

Maurice Brannan, Travel Manager 

Julie Burrows, Senior Travel Consultant 

FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT 

Jim Fleeting, Director of Football Development 

Donald Park, Head of Coach Education 

Sheila Begbie, Head of Girls’/ 

Women’s Football 

Andy Gould, Head of Regional Development 

Neil Mackintosh, Head of Youth Development 

Andrew Gilchrist, Regional Manager - Central 

Paul McNeill, Regional Manager - West 

Mark Munro, Regional Manager - South East 

Ian Lowe, Regional Manager - East 

Graeme Sutherland, Regional Manager - North 

Richard Wilson, Regional Manager - South West 

Mark McNally, Technical Development Officer 

Tom Docherty, Manager National Youth Project 

Marco McIntyre, SVQ Verifier/Assessor 

Donald Gillies, ‘CashBack’ Project Manager 

Stuart Sharp, National Development 

Manager - Disability 

Tim Berridge, Audio Visual Technician 

Amanda Macdonald, Admin. Asst./ 

Senior Secretary 

Tracy Young/Ashley Rodden, 

Dept. Secretary/Admin Assistant 

Kirsty Mullen, Dept. Secretary/Admin Assistant 

Adele Walker, Dept. Secretary/Admin Assistant 

Hannah Driver, Office Assistant 

Trevor Thomson, Web Content Editor 

Sam Milne, Girls’/Women’s 

Development Officer 

Ian Ross, Player and Coach Development 

Officer - Central 

Brian McLaughlin, Player and Coach 

Development Officer - West 

Jimmy Bone, Player and Coach 

Development Officer - East 

Iain Scott, Player and Coach 

Development Officer - North 

Scott Guy, Player and Coach Development 

Officer - South West 

Chris Smith, Player and Coach Development 

Officer - South East 

HUMAN RESOURCES 

Viv Coady, Head of Human Resources 

Jacqui Sinclair, HR Admin. Assist. 

LEGAL 

Heather-Anne Barton, Head of Department 

Margaret Murray, Personal Assistant 

NATIONAL TEAMS 

Craig Levein, National Coach 

Michael Oliver, National Team Scout 

Billy Stark, U21/Youth Teams National Coach 

Ross Mathie, International Youth Team Coach 

Richard Simpson, National Teams Administrator 

Marion Waddell, National Youth Teams 

Administrator 

Anna Signeul, National Coach, 


Ann-Helén Grahm, National Development 

Officer/Assistant to National Coach, Girls’/ 

Women’s Football 

Kate Cooper, National Teams Administrator, 


Michelle Kerr, Technical and Development 

Programme Manager 

Lynsey McDonald, Office Assistant 

REFEREE ADMINISTRATION 

Drew Herbertson, 

Head of Referee Administration 

Jamie McKeegan, Admin. Asst 

Louise McChesney, 

Admin. Asst./Dept. Secretary 

Steven Harris, Admin. Asst. 

Cara Smith, Admin. Asst. 

REFEREE DEVELOPMENT 

Hugh Dallas, Head of Referee Development 

John Fleming, Referee Development Officer 

Joanne McArthur, Admin. Asst./Dept. Secretary 

YOUTH ACTION PLAN, 

SPECIAL PROJECTS & IT 

Alan MacNab, Project Implementation 

Manager 

Scott MacKintosh, IT Manager 

Craig Stewart, Database Developer 

Lorraine Wales, Webmaster 

Craig Brown, Junior Web Developer 

John McDonald, IT Support Assistant 

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SCOTTISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED 

HAMPDEN PARK GLASGOW G42 9AY

2010 Annual report - Scottish Football Association

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