Bob Valentine

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Robert Bonar "Bob" Valentine (born May 10, 1939 in Dundee) is a former football referee from Scotland. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the 1982 World Cup in Spain: the infamous "Great Gijon Swindle" between Germany and Austria, and the second-round match between Poland and the USSR.

He was also one of the linesmen (the other was Bruno Galler) for the classic semi-final that year between France and Germany in Seville.

Valentine also refereed the Euro 84 match between France and Belgium in Nantes, and the Euro 88 match between Germany and Denmark in Gelsenkirchen.

After his refereeing retirement, Valentine became the Scottish FA's Head of Refereeing. Outside of football, he worked as a print compositor.

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