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Since 2013 McDonald has been operating as a Referee Development Advisor in Youth and Junior football. Craven, however, was banned for life by the SFA from officiating at any level in Scottish football, including even at amateur level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Referee Steven Craven loses appeal against lifetime ban|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/278366-steven-craven-loses-appeal-against-referee-ban/|publisher=STV Sport|accessdate=3 July 2014|date=9 November 2011}}</ref>
Since 2013 McDonald has been operating as a Referee Development Advisor in Youth and Junior football. Craven, however, was banned for life by the SFA from officiating at any level in Scottish football, including even at amateur level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Referee Steven Craven loses appeal against lifetime ban|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/278366-steven-craven-loses-appeal-against-referee-ban/|publisher=STV Sport|accessdate=3 July 2014|date=9 November 2011}}</ref>


In 2014, links to articles relating to the incident at Dundee United were removed from [[Google Search|Google]]'s search results under the [[Court of Justice of the European Union|EU Court of Justice]]'s [[Right to be forgotten]] decision.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/02/eu-right-to-be-forgotten-guardian-google |last=Ball|first=James|title=EU's right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been hidden by Google |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 July 2014 |accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Leon|last2=Greenhill|first2=Sam|title=Google deletes search results about millionaire banker blamed for causing financial crisis and referee who lied as 'right to be forgotten' kicks in on European searches|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2678376/Google-deletes-MailOnline-searches-lying-referee-right-forgotten-kicks-European-searches.html|publisher=Mail Online|accessdate=3 July 2014|date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Google removes STV article on former Scottish referee from search results|url=http://news.stv.tv/west-central/281347-google-removes-stv-article-on-former-scottish-referee-from-search-results/|publisher=STV Sport|accessdate=3 July 2014|date=2 July 2014}}</ref> Amidst an outcry from various media outlets, Google quickly restored it's links concerning articles in ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper about McDonald.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google reverses decision to delete British newspaper links|url=http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0F82L920140704?irpc=932|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=4 July 2014|date=4 July 2014}}</ref>
In 2014, links to articles relating to the incident at Dundee United were removed from [[Google Search|Google]]'s search results under the [[Court of Justice of the European Union|EU Court of Justice]]'s [[Right to be forgotten]] decision.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/02/eu-right-to-be-forgotten-guardian-google |last=Ball|first=James|title=EU's right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been hidden by Google |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 July 2014 |accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Leon|last2=Greenhill|first2=Sam|title=Google deletes search results about millionaire banker blamed for causing financial crisis and referee who lied as 'right to be forgotten' kicks in on European searches|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2678376/Google-deletes-MailOnline-searches-lying-referee-right-forgotten-kicks-European-searches.html|publisher=Mail Online|accessdate=3 July 2014|date=3 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Google removes STV article on former Scottish referee from search results|url=http://news.stv.tv/west-central/281347-google-removes-stv-article-on-former-scottish-referee-from-search-results/|publisher=STV Sport|accessdate=3 July 2014|date=2 July 2014}}</ref> Amidst an outcry from various media outlets, Google quickly restored its links concerning articles in ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper about McDonald.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google reverses decision to delete British newspaper links|url=http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0F82L920140704?irpc=932|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=4 July 2014|date=4 July 2014}}</ref>


== Professional career ==
== Professional career ==

Revision as of 13:36, 4 July 2014

For other people named Douglas McDonald (disambiguation), see Douglas McDonald (disambiguation) (disambiguation).

Douglas "Dougie" McDonald (born 8 October 1965)[1] is a former FIFA International soccer referee and Scottish Category 1 referee.

McDonald is a transport planner by profession, and currently is Director of Transport for Peter Brett Associates LLP in Scotland. He is still also involved in football, working as a Referee Development Advisor in Youth and Junior football.

Refereeing career

McDonald's referring career spanned 29 years; 14 years from 1997 as a Category 1 referee and 11 years from 2000 as a FIFA international referee until his retirement in 2010. His first Category 1 match was Berwick Rangers v Montrose in August 1997.

McDonald refereed two Scottish Cup Finals, the 2006 match between Hearts and Gretna,[2] and the 2010 match between Dundee United and Ross County.[3] He also took charge of two League Cup Finals; the 2007 Final between Hibernian and Kilmarnock,[4] and the 2009 Final between Celtic and Rangers.[5] McDonald refereed 221 Scottish Premier League games, five Old Firm matches, three Edinburgh Derbies, two Dundee Derbies and over 100 international matches. In addition to his four senior national cup finals, he also refereed three League Cup Semi-Finals (in 2005 between Motherwell and Hearts, in 2006 between Dunfermline Athletic and Livingston and in 2010 between Rangers and St Johnstone) and three Scottish Cup Semi-Finals (in 2003 between Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Dundee, in 2008 between St Johnstone and Rangers and in 2009 between Falkirk and Dunfermline Athletic. In 2004 he was also Fourth Official at the Dunfermline Athletic v Celtic Scottish Cup Final. McDonald was also the referee at the famous win by Inverness Caledonian Thistle over Celtic in the Scottish Cup in 2002 which prompted the renowned headline in The Sun - "Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic are Atrocious".

McDonald also refereed the 2002 Scottish Qualifying Cup Final (North) between Cove Rangers and Keith; the 1999 SFA Youth Cup Final between Celtic and Dundee and the 1997 Reserve League Cup Final between Hearts and Aberdeen.

McDonald also had a successful international career. He was twice Fourth Official at the Final of the prestigious Dallas Cup and he also refereed the 2009 Final between Sau Paulo and Vancouver Whitecaps. He was also involved in the inaugural experiments for the use of additional referees behind the goal, operating at one of the initial experiment tournaments in Cyprus in 2009 and in the 2009/2010 Europa League experiments where he refereed several group matches.

McDonald refereed at the inaugural UEFA Regions Cup Final tournament in Venice in 1999 where he was Fourth Official at the Final; at the UEFA U16 Championship Finals in Israel in 2000; and at the UEFA U19 Championship Finals in Switzerland in 2004.

Celtic v Dundee United penalty controversy

McDonald found himself at the centre of a high-profile controversy as a result of his referring of a league match in October 2010 between Dundee United and Celtic.[6] On 70 minutes, McDonald awarded Celtic a penalty kick after Gary Hooper appeared to have been pulled back by defender Garry Kenneth and then brought down by goalkeeper Dusan Pernis.[6][7] McDonald then rescinded his decision to award a penalty, stating after the match he had reversed his decision on the intervention and advice of assistant referee Steven Craven.[6] McDonald's u-turn provoked a furious response from Celtic manager Neil Lennon, who described his change of mind as "unacceptable".[6] McDonald was publicly defended a couple of days later by Referee's Chief Hugh Dallas, who stated "Dougie [McDonald], after having given the decision, then received information from the assistant referee [Steven Craven] that the goalkeeper had played the ball from the better position that the assistant referee was in".[8] Dallas also added that Neil Lennon had spoken with McDonald after the game, and on being given the same explanation accepted McDonald's decision.[9]

In the days that followed, Steven Craven tendered his resignation to the SFA, with the Scottish media still reporting that it had been Craven who had instigated McDonald's reversal of the penalty award.[10] However, under increasing scrutiny, McDonald was forced to admit that he had not correctly informed the match observer about how the decision had been changed.[11][12] McDonald was censured by the SFA Referee Committee but continued as a top flight referee.[13] SFA Chief Executive Stewart Regan admitted that Craven's role in the incident hadn't been "fully articulated" in the post-match report by McDonald and inferred that the referee had in fact been trying to "protect" his assistant (Craven).[14] Craven confirmed that it had been McDonald who had approached him at the time of the penalty award with a view to rescinding his decision, and that McDonald had persuaded him to lie afterwards about the matter to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and the referee supervisor, Jim McBurnie.[15] Craven also alleged that Hugh Dallas had attempted to persuade him to publicly maintain McDonald's original explanation of events.[16]

The fallout over the incident continued. Along with several other controversial incidents involving referees around that time, including abuse targeted at Willie Collum[17] and a growing feeling from other referees of a lack of support from the SFA Disciplinary and General Purposes Committees, eventually led to the first ever Scottish football referee strike on 27 November 2010.[18] McDonald retired with immediate effect the day after the strike as criticism from Celtic and media pressure made his position untenable.[18][19]

Since 2013 McDonald has been operating as a Referee Development Advisor in Youth and Junior football. Craven, however, was banned for life by the SFA from officiating at any level in Scottish football, including even at amateur level.[20]

In 2014, links to articles relating to the incident at Dundee United were removed from Google's search results under the EU Court of Justice's Right to be forgotten decision.[21][22][23] Amidst an outcry from various media outlets, Google quickly restored its links concerning articles in The Guardian newspaper about McDonald.[24]

Professional career

McDonald is a transport planner by profession, having worked at MVA Consultancy (now SYSTRA) for 25 years.[25] In May 2014 he joined Peter Brett Associates as their Director of Transport in Scotland.[25]

References

  1. ^ Birthdate confirmation: zerozero.pt website.
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/4764967.stm
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8682861.stm
  4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/6456647.stm
  5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/7941624.stm
  6. ^ a b c d http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1321402/Celtic-boss-Neil-Lennons-fury-referee-backtracks-penalty-award.html
  7. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2932/spl/2010/10/17/2170173/celtic-boss-neil-lennon-left-fuming-at-dougie-macdonalds
  8. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9106309.stm
  9. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/9106309.stm
  10. ^ http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/204426-linesman-craven-offers-resignation-to-sfa/
  11. ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/sfa-back-referee-dougie-mcdonald-1074121
  12. ^ McLauchlin, Brian (1 November 2010). "Referee McDonald says he did not initiate 'white lie'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Dougie McDonald to return as SPL referee at Easter Road". BBC Sport. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  14. ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/dougie-mcdonald-did-not-lie-about-spot-kick-1074151
  15. ^ http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/celtic/205637-craven-mcdonald-asked-me-to-lie-about-celtic-penalty/
  16. ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/dougie-mcdonald-told-me-to-lie-to-neil-1074220
  17. ^ "Collum receives death-threats". DailyRecord.co.uk. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  18. ^ a b "Ref McDonald retires". Sky Sports. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  19. ^ "Referee Dougie McDonald opts to retire". BBC Sport. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  20. ^ "Referee Steven Craven loses appeal against lifetime ban". STV Sport. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  21. ^ Ball, James (2 July 2014). "EU's right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been hidden by Google". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  22. ^ Watson, Leon; Greenhill, Sam (3 July 2014). "Google deletes search results about millionaire banker blamed for causing financial crisis and referee who lied as 'right to be forgotten' kicks in on European searches". Mail Online. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  23. ^ "Google removes STV article on former Scottish referee from search results". STV Sport. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  24. ^ "Google reverses decision to delete British newspaper links". Reuters. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  25. ^ a b "PBA appoints Dougie McDonald as Director of Transport in Scotland". Peter Brett Associates. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

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