Born in March 1963, Scott Mathieson has been a National list match official since 1990, spending four seasons on the line before being promoted to the referees list in 1994, his first match was between Carlisle and Wigan. He became a referee when he answered an advert in the Stockport Express looking for prospective referees. His early careers in refereeing were spent in and around his native Stockport and on the Cheshire League. In 2001 he officiated on the finals of The FA Vase and the Football League Cup which saw Liverpool beat Birmingham on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
In 2010 he was the referee in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Final at Wembley between Southampton and Carlisle.
His previous Wolves match was a 2-2 draw at Carlisle on 5 November 2013. His last match was on 7 January 2014 with Leyton Orient winning 2-0 at Shrewsbury.
Record since 1997/98
Season: |
Matches: |
Yellow Cards: |
Red Cards: |
2013/14 |
19 |
54 |
3 |
2012/13 |
38 |
105 |
8 |
2011/12 |
42 |
102 |
3 |
2010/11 |
34 |
86 |
2 |
2009/10 |
31 |
58 |
2 |
2008/09 |
40 |
94 |
5 |
2007/08 |
35 |
62 |
2 |
2006/07 |
40 |
87 |
6 |
2005/06 |
31 |
49 |
1 |
2004/05 |
35 |
78 |
6 |
2003/04 |
32 |
99 |
8 |
2002/03 |
37 |
100 |
11 |
2001/02 |
39 |
95 |
7 |
2000/01 |
35 |
108 |
2 |
1999/2000 |
34 |
69 |
7 |
1998/99 |
40 |
106 |
8 |
1997/98 |
43 |
123 |
3 |
Scott Mathieson & PNE
Date: |
Result: |
PNE Goalscorers: |
Cards: |
PNE Cards: |
26/10/2013 |
Notts Co. 0 PNE 1 |
Hume |
5Y |
Welsh; K.Davies |
09/04/2013 |
PNE 2 Oldham 0 |
Wroe(pen); Hayhurst |
5Y |
Huntington; Keane; King |
21/08/2012 |
Shrewsbury 1 PNE 0 |
None |
1Y |
Welsh |
25/10/2011 |
PNE 3 Oldham 3 |
Tsoumou; Proctor; Devine |
4Y |
Russell; Proctor |
12/04/2011 |
Doncaster 1 PNE 1 |
Hayes |
2Y |
None |
19/10/2010 |
PNE 2 Scunthorpe 3 |
Morgan; Jones |
2Y |
Russell |
23/11/2009 |
PNE 0 Newcastle 1 |
None |
1Y |
None |
31/01/2009 |
PNE 0 Sheff Utd 0 |
None |
2Y |
Parkin |
12/01/2008 |
PNE 1 Watford 0 |
Mellor |
3Y |
Davidson; Whaley |
10/11/2007 |
Hull 3 PNE 0 |
None |
2Y |
Davidson |
26/12/2006 |
West Brom 4 PNE 2 |
Alexander (pen); Nugent |
4Y / 1R |
Y - Alexander; Nugent. R- Dichio |
02/04/2005 |
PNE 1 Gillingham 1 |
Brown (og) |
4Y |
Sedgwick |
30/11/2002 |
Coventry 1 PNE 2 |
Cresswell; Lewis |
3Y |
Etuhu |
14/03/2001 |
PNE 2 Wolves 0 |
McKenna; Cresswell |
5Y |
Alexander |
05/02/2000 |
PNE 2 Reading 2 |
Macken; Jackson |
3Y |
Gregan |
24/08/1999 |
Wrexham 0 PNE 2 |
Basham; Macken |
Nil |
Nil |
20/03/1999 |
PNE 0 Bournemouth 1 |
None |
2Y |
Nil |
26/09/1998 |
PNE 1 Gillingham 1 |
Harris |
1Y |
Nil |
His assistants are Daniel Leach from Oxfordshire and Anthony Tankard from South Yorkshire. The fourth official is Charles Breakspear from Surrey who was the referee as PNE drew 2-2 at Crawley on 14 December 2013.