Brian Winter (born 21 January 1968) is a Scottish former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

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. In September 2010 he had to be talked out of quitting as a referee after he failed to send off

Steven Anderson Steven James Stuart Anderson (born 19 December 1985) is a Scottish people, Scottish Association football, footballer who plays for Berwick Rangers F.C., Berwick Rangers. Anderson plays in Defender (association football), central defence. Career ...

despite showing two yellow cards to the player in the space of 12 minutes. He retired in 2012 due to injury, a short time after taking charge of one of his highest-profile appointments, the

2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Final The 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the Ramsdens Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Falkirk F.C., Falkirk and Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton Academical on 1 April 2012 at Almondvale S ...

. He was appointed as a 'referee observer' by the

Scottish Football Association The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the Sport governing body, governing body of association football, football in Scot ...

a few months following his retirement. In 2017, he was given responsibility for overseeing officials in the

Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...

and

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regions.Welcome from Brian Winter
Stirlingshire Refeees Association, 11 August 2017 His son Andy Winter is a footballer who began his career with

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish association football, football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championshi ...

.Winter hopes to shine on field despite seeing referee dad criticised in the past
Evening Express, 17 January 2020Andrew Winter Insists 'I Will Be Ready When Accies Chance Comes'

Hamilton Academical F.C. Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scotti ...

, 18 January 2020

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