Leslie William Mottram (born 5 March 1951) is a Scottish retired

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best known for supervising two matches in the

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in the United States. Mottram also officiated at

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in England, including the semifinal match between

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and the

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.UEFA
"France 0-0 Czech Republic"
26 June 1996. Retrieved 7 June 2013. He is known to have served as a

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referee during the period from 1991 to 1996. Mottram turned to refereeing after a brief professional playing career at Airdrie. He became a professional referee when he left Scotland to officiate in the Japanese

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in 1996. Although his original contract was only for three-months, J. League organisers, who were impressed by his refereeing ability, offered long term contracts. He refereed 147 matches in J1, 15 in J2 and 25 in the

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from 1996 to 2001, including each playoff game from 1997 to 2001, and received four "most excellent referee" awards in the 1998 to 2002 seasons. He retired from refereeing top league matches in 2002 and was appointed as the chief refereeing instructor by the

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. He worked in this job for next four years and also had a seat on the discipline committee of the league for a short time. He was awarded a merit medal2005Jリーグアウォーズ功労賞につい
（05.11.15）] in the 2005 seasonal ceremony, then left Japan and went back to Scotland.

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