Nick Walsh (referee)
Nicholas Walsh (born c.1991)[1] is a FIFA referee and currently a referee in the SPFL.
| Full name | Nicholas Walsh | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | Scotland | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2013– | Scottish Professional Football League | Referee | |
| 2013– | Scottish Football Association | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2018– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Refereeing career
Walsh's first Scottish Professional Football League game as a referee came at the beginning of the Scottish League Two campaign, when he oversaw Clyde against Queen's Park.[2]
Walsh took charge of his first top tier match in 2016, when he officiated a match between Ross County and Partick Thistle on 9 April, a team he supported since he was a boy [3]
Walsh was added to the FIFA list in 2018 and is now an international referee. He replaces Craig Thomson as his 15-year stint as a FIFA official comes to an end.
Personal life
Outside of football Nick Walsh is a PE teacher at Boclair Academy in Bearsden.[4]
References
- "Referee Nick Walsh set for first Scottish Premiership game". FootyFanatic. Adam Higgins. 6 April 2016.
- "Clyde 3 – 0 Queen's Park". Scottish Professional Football League. 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- Dowden, Martin (9 April 2016). "Ross County 1 – 0 Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- "Scottish FA referee visits the Newlands store". Specsavers. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
External links
- Nick Walsh Referee Statistics Soccerbase
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