Crawford Allan (born 16 May 1967) is a retired
Scottish football
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referee
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. He was appointed Head of Referee Operations at the Scottish FA on the 13th January 2020.
Refereeing career
Allan, who began his refereeing career in the early nineties, retired from refereeing shortly after his 50th birthday. His final match was a
Scottish Premiership
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game between
Hamilton Academical
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and
Dundee
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at the end of the
2016–17 season.
References
External links
SoccerBase
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1967 births
Living people
Scottish football referees
Scottish Football League referees
Scottish Premier League referees
Scottish Professional Football League referees