JOHN BEATON

ScotlandDebut: Mar 31, 2012

Matches Officiated277

Yellow Cards / Game4.00

Red Cards / Game0.11

Penalties Awarded91

Match History

Statistics

			Yel	Red	League / Date
Celtic 2	0 - 1	Rangers 4	6		Premiership Sep 20, 2026
Falkirk 4	2 - 1	Hearts 3	7		Premiership Sep 15, 2026
Dundee 1	1 - 2	Hibernian 1	2		Premiership Aug 30, 2026
St. Johnstone 2	4 - 3	Kilmarnock 2	4		Premiership Aug 02, 2026
Hearts 1	2 - 1	Rangers 2	3		Premiership, Championship Round May 04, 2026
Dunfermline 5	4 - 2	Falkirk 5 1	10	1	Scottish Cup Apr 18, 2026
Rangers 1	4 - 2	Dundee Utd 2	3		Premiership Apr 04, 2026
Celtic 4 1	3 - 1	Motherwell 2 1	6	1	Premiership Mar 14, 2026
Rangers 2	2 - 2	Celtic 1 1	3		Premiership Mar 01, 2026
Dundee Utd 1 1	1 - 1	Kilmarnock 3 1	4	1	Premiership Feb 21, 2026
Falkirk	0 - 1	Celtic 1	1		Premiership Jan 14, 2026
Falkirk 2	1 - 0	Aberdeen 4	6		Premiership Jan 03, 2026
Hibernian 1	3 - 2	Hearts	1		Premiership Dec 27, 2025
Dundee	3 - 1	St Mirren 2	2		Premiership Nov 29, 2025
Lille 2	4 - 0	Dinamo 1	3		UEFA Europa League Nov 27, 2025
Hearts 2	1 - 1	Dundee Utd 4	6		Premiership Nov 09, 2025
Utrecht 3 1	1 - 1	Porto 5	8	1	UEFA Europa League Nov 06, 2025
Dundee Utd 1 1	3 - 1	St Mirren 1 1	2	1	Premiership Oct 25, 2025
Livingston 4	1 - 2	Rangers 1 1	5		Premiership Sep 28, 2025
Kilmarnock 2	1 - 2	Celtic 3 1	5		Premiership Sep 14, 2025
Moldova	0 - 4	Israel 2	2		World Championship Qual. UEFA I Sep 05, 2025
Ayr 1	1 - 1	Queen's Park 2 1	3		Championship Aug 30, 2025
Hearts 3	3 - 3	Motherwell 2	5		Premiership Aug 23, 2025
Aberdeen 2	0 - 2	Celtic 3	5		Premiership Aug 10, 2025
Olimpija 1	0 - 0	Egnatia 8	8		UEFA Conference League, Qualification Aug 07, 2025
Falkirk 1	2 - 2	Dundee Utd 5	6		Premiership Aug 03, 2025
Ludogorets 2 1	3 - 1	Rijeka 4 2	6	2	UEFA Champions League, Qualification Jul 30, 2025
Livingston 2	1 - 1	Ross County 3 1	5		Scottish Premiership, Relegation/Promotion May 22, 2025
Dundee Utd 1 1	2 - 1	Aberdeen 2	3		Premiership, Championship Round May 17, 2025
St. Johnstone 1	2 - 1	Ross County 2 1	3	1	Premiership, Relegation Round May 10, 2025
Hibernian 1	3 - 1	Dundee Utd 1	2		Premiership, Championship Round May 03, 2025
Hearts 2 2	1 - 2	Aberdeen 3	5	2	Scottish Cup Apr 19, 2025
Celtic	5 - 1	Kilmarnock			Premiership Apr 12, 2025
Dundee 1	2 - 0	St Mirren 2	3		Premiership Apr 05, 2025
Liechtenstein 1	0 - 2	Kazakhstan 1	2		World Championship Qual. UEFA J Mar 25, 2025
Fiorentina 5	3 - 1	Panathinaikos 3 1	8		UEFA Conference League, Knockout stage Mar 13, 2025
Greenock Morton 2 1	2 - 1	Ayr 2	4	1	Championship Mar 08, 2025
Hibernian 1	2 - 1	Hearts 1	2		Premiership Mar 02, 2025
Celtic 1	5 - 1	Aberdeen	1		Premiership Feb 25, 2025
APOEL 4	0 - 2	Celje 3	7		UEFA Conference League, Knockout stage Feb 20, 2025
Hearts	1 - 3	Rangers			Premiership Feb 16, 2025
Real Sociedad 2	2 - 0	PAOK 2	4		UEFA Europa League Jan 30, 2025
Hearts 2	3 - 2	Kilmarnock 5	7		Premiership Jan 25, 2025
Hibernian 1 1	3 - 3	Rangers 1	2		Premiership Jan 05, 2025
Dundee Utd 4	1 - 0	Aberdeen 3	7		Premiership Dec 29, 2024
Hearts 2	2 - 1	St. Johnstone 1 1	3		Premiership Dec 22, 2024
Rapid 4	3 - 0	København 4	8		UEFA Conference League Dec 19, 2024
Dundee 2	4 - 1	Motherwell 3	5		Premiership Dec 04, 2024
Twente 2	0 - 1	USG 5	7		UEFA Europa League Nov 28, 2024
St Mirren 3	2 - 1	Aberdeen 5	8		Premiership Nov 23, 2024
Azerbaijan 2	0 - 0	Estonia 4	6		UEFA Nations League, League C, Gr. 1 Nov 16, 2024
AZ 2	3 - 1	Fenerbahçe 6 1	8		UEFA Europa League Nov 07, 2024
Aberdeen 5 1	2 - 1	Rangers 5	10		Premiership Oct 30, 2024
St. Johnstone 1	3 - 0	Ross County 1 1	2	1	Premiership Oct 19, 2024
Aberdeen 1	3 - 2	Hearts 6	7		Premiership Oct 06, 2024
Beşiktaş 3 1	1 - 3	Frankfurt 2 1	5		UEFA Europa League Oct 03, 2024
Czechia 5 1	3 - 2	Ukraine 2	7		UEFA Nations League, League B, Gr. 1 Sep 10, 2024
Ružomberok 2 1	3 - 1	Noah 5 1	7	1	UEFA Europa Conference League, Qualification Playoff Aug 29, 2024
Motherwell 1	3 - 1	Hearts 4	5		Premiership Aug 25, 2024
Malmö 3	2 - 2	PAOK 4	7		UEFA Champions League, Qualification Aug 06, 2024
Motherwell	0 - 0	Ross County 2	2		Premiership Aug 03, 2024
Raith Rovers	1 - 2	Ross County 1 1	1		Scottish Premiership, Relegation/Promotion May 23, 2024
St Mirren	2 - 2	Hearts			Premiership, Championship Round May 15, 2024
Livingston 2	2 - 1	St. Johnstone 1	3		Premiership, Relegation Round May 11, 2024
Dundee	1 - 2	Celtic 1	1		Premiership, Championship Round Apr 28, 2024
Rangers 1	3 - 3	Celtic 4 1	4		Premiership Apr 07, 2024
Partick Thistle 1	1 - 0	Inverness CT 1 1	2	1	Championship Mar 30, 2024
Livingston 1	1 - 3	Motherwell 1	2		Premiership Feb 28, 2024
Hibernian 1	2 - 1	Dundee 2	2		Premiership Feb 24, 2024
Celtic	1 - 1	Kilmarnock 3	3		Premiership Feb 17, 2024
Rangers	3 - 0	Livingston			Premiership Feb 03, 2024
St. Johnstone 4	1 - 1	Aberdeen 1 1	5		Premiership Jan 24, 2024
Rangers 1	3 - 1	Kilmarnock 3 1	4		Premiership Jan 02, 2024
Hibernian 2 1	0 - 1	Hearts 3 1	5		Premiership Dec 27, 2023
Kilmarnock	2 - 1	St. Johnstone 1	1		Premiership Dec 23, 2023
Dundee Utd 3	0 - 1	Raith Rovers 2	5		Championship Dec 16, 2023
Astana 3 1	0 - 2	Dinamo 1	4		UEFA Europa Conference League, Group C Nov 30, 2023
Zorya Luhansk 1	1 - 3	M. Tel-Aviv 2	3		UEFA Europa Conference League, Group B Nov 09, 2023
Celtic 2 1	2 - 1	St Mirren 2	4		Premiership Nov 01, 2023
Hibernian 1	0 - 0	Dundee 4	5		Premiership Sep 30, 2023
Livingston 5	0 - 3	Celtic 2 1 1	7	1	Premiership Sep 23, 2023
Qarabağ 3	1 - 0	Molde 4	7		UEFA Europa League, Group H Sep 21, 2023
St Mirren 3 1	2 - 2	Aberdeen 2 1	5		Premiership Aug 27, 2023
Livingston 3	0 - 0	Aberdeen 5	8		Premiership Aug 05, 2023
Estonia 3	0 - 3	Belgium 2	5		Euro, Qualification Group F Jun 20, 2023
Rangers 3	2 - 2	Hearts 5	8		Premiership, Championship Round May 24, 2023
Kilmarnock 1 1	0 - 1	St. Johnstone 3	4	1	Premiership, Relegation Round May 20, 2023
Dundee Utd 2 1	1 - 3	Ross County 5	7		Premiership, Relegation Round May 13, 2023
Rangers 1	1 - 0	Aberdeen 2	3		Premiership, Championship Round May 07, 2023
Greenock Morton 1	2 - 1	Queen's Park 3	3		Championship Apr 29, 2023
Celtic 1	1 - 1	Motherwell 3	4		Premiership Apr 22, 2023
Hibernian 7	1 - 0	Hearts 5	12		Premiership Apr 15, 2023
St Mirren 1 2	3 - 0	Livingston 3	4		Premiership Apr 01, 2023
Hibernian 1	2 - 0	Kilmarnock 1	1	1	Premiership Feb 18, 2023
Motherwell 2	2 - 1	St Mirren 4	6		Premiership Feb 15, 2023
Hearts 3	0 - 3	Rangers 3	6		Premiership Feb 01, 2023
St Mirren 3	1 - 0	Motherwell 2	5		Premiership Jan 28, 2023
St. Johnstone 1	2 - 4	Livingston 1	2		Premiership Jan 14, 2023
Motherwell 2	2 - 2	Kilmarnock 1	2	1	Premiership Dec 23, 2022
Rangers 3	1 - 0	Hearts 1	4		Premiership Nov 09, 2022
Ross County 2	3 - 2	St Mirren 3	5		Premiership Nov 05, 2022
Dundee Utd 1	0 - 1	Motherwell 1	1	1	Premiership Oct 29, 2022
AEK 1	3 - 3	Dynamo Kyiv 4	5		UEFA Europa League, Group B Oct 27, 2022
Queen's Park	1 - 1	Arbroath 3	3		Championship Oct 14, 2022
Pyunik 2	2 - 0	Žalgiris 1	3		UEFA Europa Conference League, Group H Oct 06, 2022
Celtic 1 1	2 - 1	Motherwell 4	5	1	Premiership Oct 01, 2022
Hibernian 2	1 - 0	Kilmarnock 3 1	5	1	Premiership Sep 03, 2022
Hearts 1	3 - 2	St. Johnstone 4	4		Premiership Aug 28, 2022
CFR Cluj 2	1 - 0	Maribor 4	6		UEFA Conference League, Qualification Aug 25, 2022
Aris 4 1	2 - 1	M. Tel-Aviv 8 1	12	1	UEFA Conference League, Qualification Aug 11, 2022
Hibernian 3	1 - 1	Hearts 2	5		Premiership Aug 07, 2022
St Mirren 4	0 - 1	Motherwell 4 1 1	8	1	Premiership Jul 31, 2022
Víkingur 1	3 - 3	Malmö 4	5		UEFA Champions League, Qualification Jul 12, 2022
Kosovo 3 2	0 - 1	Greece 2	5	2	UEFA Nations League, League C, Gr. 2 Jun 05, 2022
Livingston 1	2 - 1	Dundee 2	3		Premiership, Relegation Round May 15, 2022
Celtic 3	1 - 1	Rangers 4	7		Premiership, Championship Round May 01, 2022
St Mirren 1	0 - 4	Rangers	1		Premiership Apr 10, 2022
Dundee 1	2 - 2	Aberdeen 1	2		Premiership Apr 02, 2022
Dundee	0 - 1	St Mirren 2	2		Premiership Mar 09, 2022
Rangers 1	1 - 0	Aberdeen 4	5		Premiership Mar 05, 2022
Motherwell	0 - 1	Ross County 1 1	1		Premiership Mar 02, 2022
Kilmarnock	3 - 0	Raith Rovers			Championship Feb 19, 2022
Motherwell 3	0 - 4	Celtic 1	4		Premiership Feb 06, 2022
Dundee 1	0 - 0	Dundee Utd	1		Premiership Feb 01, 2022
Hearts 3 1	1 - 2	Celtic 3	6		Premiership Jan 26, 2022
Ross County 1 1 1	3 - 1	Motherwell 2	3	1	Premiership Jan 18, 2022
Hibernian 2	0 - 1	Rangers 2 1	4		Premiership Dec 01, 2021
Andorra 4 1	1 - 4	Poland 2	6	1	World Championship Qual. UEFA I Nov 12, 2021
Hearts	5 - 2	Dundee Utd 3	3		Premiership Nov 06, 2021
Dinamo 1	3 - 1	Rapid	1		UEFA Europa League, Group H Nov 04, 2021
St Mirren 1	0 - 1	Dundee 2	3		Premiership Oct 30, 2021
Rangers 1 1	2 - 2	Aberdeen 4	5		Premiership Oct 27, 2021
Hibernian 4 1	1 - 0	St. Johnstone 3 1	7	1	Premiership Sep 26, 2021
Crvena zvezda 1 1	2 - 1	Braga 2	3		UEFA Europa League, Group F Sep 16, 2021
Bulgaria 1 1	1 - 0	Lithuania 3	4	1	World Championship Qual. UEFA C Sep 05, 2021
Bodø/Glimt 3	1 - 0	Žalgiris 3	6		UEFA Conference League, Qualification Aug 26, 2021
Žilina 2	5 - 0	Tobol 3	5		UEFA Conference League, Qualification Aug 12, 2021
Rangers	3 - 0	Livingston 5	5		Premiership Jul 31, 2021
Dundee 3	2 - 1	Kilmarnock 3	6		Scottish Premiership, Relegation/Promotion May 20, 2021
St. Johnstone 1	0 - 1	Aberdeen 2	3		Premiership, Championship Round Apr 10, 2021
Aberdeen 2 1	1 - 2	Rangers 1 1	3	1	Premiership Jan 10, 2021
PAOK 4	0 - 0	Granada 3	7		UEFA Europa League, Group E Dec 10, 2020
Real Sociedad 1	1 - 0	AZ 3	4		UEFA Europa League, Group F Nov 05, 2020
M. Tel-Aviv 4	1 - 0	Qarabağ 4	8		UEFA Europa League, Group I Oct 22, 2020
Croatia 2	2 - 1	Sweden 1	3		UEFA Nations League, League A, Gr. 3 Oct 11, 2020
St. Johnstone 3 1	0 - 1	Hibernian 2 1	5	1	Premiership Aug 23, 2020
Azerbaijan 1	1 - 5	Slovakia	1		Euro, Qualification Group E Jun 11, 2019

Season Statistics

League	Apps	Yellows	Yel/Game	Reds	Red/Game	Penalties
UEFA Champions League	4	23	5.75	2	0.50	1
Scottish Cup	14	68	4.86	4	0.29	3
EURO, Qualification	2	6	3.00	N/A	0.00	0
World Championship Qual. UEFA	6	20	3.33	3	0.50	1
Scottish Championship	14	51	3.64	2	0.14	3
U21 Euro Qualification	1	8	8.00	1	1.00	1
Scottish Premiership	222	824	3.71	35	0.16	64
International Friendly Games	1	2	2.00	N/A	0.00	0
Scottish Challenge Cup	1	6	6.00	1	1.00	0
Scottish League Cup	9	44	4.89	1	0.11	3
UEFA Europa League	31	140	4.52	4	0.13	9
UEFA Conference League	12	83	6.92	5	0.42	5
UEFA Nations League	5	29	5.80	2	0.40	1

About John Beaton

John Beaton is a professional football referee from Scotland. Making their professional debut on March 31, 2012, John Beaton has officiated 277 matches throughout their career. With an average of 4.00 yellow cards and 0.11 red cards per game, John Beaton maintains a balanced approach to match officiating.

Career Statistics

Throughout 277 career matches, John Beaton has shown 1109 yellow cards, 30 straight red cards, and 17 second yellow cards. They have awarded 91 penalties across all competitions.

Competitions

John Beaton officiates matches in 13 different competitions:

UEFA Champions League(4)

Scottish Cup(14)

EURO, Qualification(2)

World Championship Qual. UEFA(6)

Scottish Championship(14)

U21 Euro Qualification(1)

Scottish Premiership(222)

International Friendly Games(1)

Scottish Challenge Cup(1)

Scottish League Cup(9)

UEFA Europa League(31)

UEFA Conference League(12)

UEFA Nations League(5)

Frequently Asked Questions

How many matches has John Beaton officiated?

John Beaton has officiated 277 professional football matches since their debut in 2012.

How many cards does John Beaton give per game?

On average, John Beaton shows 4.00 yellow cards and 0.11 red cards per match. This means you can expect approximately 4.11 total cards per game.

Is John Beaton a strict referee?

John Beaton has a moderate disciplinary approach with 4.00 yellow cards per game, which is around the average for professional referees.

What leagues does John Beaton officiate in?

John Beaton officiates in UEFA Champions League, Scottish Cup, EURO, Qualification, World Championship Qual. UEFA, Scottish Championship, U21 Euro Qualification, Scottish Premiership, International Friendly Games, Scottish Challenge Cup, Scottish League Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League and UEFA Nations League.

How many penalties has John Beaton awarded?

John Beaton has awarded 91 penalties throughout their career, averaging approximately 0.33 penalties per match.

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