Bob Matthewson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bob Matthewson

English footballer

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1930

Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-Nov-2000

Profession: association football referee, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Bob Matthewson

  • Robert Matthewson (13 April 1930 – 10 November 2000) was an English footballer and FIFA referee.
  • Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Matthewson had a spell playing for the Byker Youth Club's football team before he was signed by Bolton Wanderers.
  • After six appearances for Bolton in six seasons, including three appearances in the Football League, Matthewson was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer by manager Bill Ridding.
  • He then joined Lincoln City but never played a league game for them.
  • He then entered National Service.
  • Upon his return an engineering colleague persuaded him to take up refereeing back in Bolton in 1958-1959, progressing through local leagues to the Lancashire Combination and Northern Premier League.Matthewson became a Football League linesman in 1966 and two years later joined the list of referees.
  • He made a quick impression and was senior linesman for the 1970 FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Leeds.
  • A year later he took charge of a League Cup semi-final between Stoke City and West Ham United and in late 1972 was promoted to the FIFA List of referees.
  • He was in charge of the remarkable 1974 FA Charity Shield match.
  • This was Brian Clough's first major match as manager of Leeds but became better-known for a double sending-off.
  • Matthewson sent Leeds United's Billy Bremner and Liverpool's Kevin Keegan off for fighting, the first time players had been dismissed in a major British club match at Wembley.
  • The following year he was referee for the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough between Birmingham City and Fulham.
  • His career in England culminated with Manchester United's 2–1 win over Liverpool in the 1977 FA Cup Final, the result ending Liverpool's hopes of the domestic League and Cup double.
  • In May 1977 he signed on to become an official in the North American Soccer League.On the international stage he only officiated two full international matches: the first was a UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 8 match between Malta and Greece on 23 February 1975 and the second was a friendly between Wales and West Germany on 6 October 1976.
  • He also refereed the 1974–75 UEFA Cup semi-final first leg between Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach on 8 April 1975.With his wife, Pauline, Matthewson had a daughter Karen, a step-daughter Suzanne and three grandchildren.
  • As well as playing and refereeing football, Matthewson also worked as an engineer for de Havilland in Horwich.
  • Matthewson was portrayed in the 2009 film The Damned United by Peter Quinn, the secretary of Blackburn non-league football club Sporting Athletic.

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