Referees in Senior Football
The Ayrshire Referees Association currently has 13 members on the SFA's list of Senior Referees. These referees are allocated matches which are run by the SFA, SPL, SFL, South of Scotland League, East of Scotland League and the SJFA.
The List of Senior Referees is broken into 6 categories, and this determines at which level a referee can officiate. Above this level is the FIFA International List and these referees can officiate at Champions League, UEFA Cup & FIFA/ UEFA competitions.
Category 1 - Referees at the top level in SPL and SFL
John McKendrick
Greg Aitken
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Category 2 - Officiates at SPL and SFL Reserve Football. Acts as an assistant referee in SFL football. Referees in Regional Leagues and Junior Football.
Kevin Graham
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The Category 1 and Category 2 referees recently went to La Manga on their winter training camp. Ayrshire's representatives are pictured below:
For more info about the camp please click here
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Category 3: Assistant Referee - Assistant Referee in SPL Reserves and SFL football. Referees in Senior Youth competitions, Regional Leagues and Junior Football.
Steven Kirkland
Colin McAlpine
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Category 3: Specialist Assistant Referee
Francis Andrews
Andrew McWilliam
Ross Haswell
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Category 4A - Officiates in Junior Football
Calum Scott
David Ingram
Fiona Morton
Calum Haswell
Derrick Park
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Category 4B - Officiates in South & East of Scotland Leagues, other regional competitions and Junior Football
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Monthly appointments for these referees can be found here.
