Robert Bonar Valentine (born 10 May 1939) is a former football referee from Scotland. He is mostly known for refereeing two matches in the
1982 World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 i ...
in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
and
Austria
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, and the second-round match between
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
and the
Soviet Union
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.
He was also one of the linesmen (the other was
Bruno Galler
Bruno Galler (born 21 October 1946 in Baden) is a retired football referee from Switzerland. He refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain (West Germany vs. Chile, 4–1). He also refereed the Cup Winners final on 9 May 1990, at ...
) for the classic semi-final that year between
France
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Seville
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.
Valentine also refereed the Euro 84 match between
France
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and
Belgium
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Euro 88
The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in West Germany from 10 to 25 June 1988. It was the eighth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA.
The tournament crowned the Nethe ...
match between West Germany and
Denmark
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, song_type = National and royal anthem
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, establish ...
at the
Parkstadion
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After his refereeing retirement, Valentine became the
Scottish FA
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 governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for ...
's Head of Refereeing. Outside of football, he worked as a print compositor.