Stuart Dougal (born 6 November 1962) is a retired Scottish

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. Dougal refereed over 100 International appointments and visited 38 countries as a referee. He refereed 2 Uefa Intertoto Cup Finals and was 4th Official at the 2002 Super Cup Final to

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between Feyenoord and Real Madrid and was at Euro 2004 in the same capacity. In 2004 Dougal received a fine for use of bad language towards

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of Rangers.Article about the fine
on BBC Sport In September 2007 Dougal refereed his last international match, a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying match between

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. The match ended 3–0 in Turkey's favour. Dougal made his greatest professional mistake in the match sending Gera off instead of giving a penalty to Hungary at 0:0. On 16 May 2009, Dougal refereed his last game before retiring, a match between

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and Rangers. He sent off Aberdeen's

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and Rangers'

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on the word of his assistant referee. The case was also referred to the

's disciplinary committee, who rescinded both red cards and gave Lafferty a two-match ban for simulation. Since retiring as a referee, Dougal has written a column for the '' Daily Record''.

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