Referee profile

John Beaton

Scotland
323 matches officiated

Matches officiated: 323
Yellow cards / match: 4.04
Reds / match: 0.19
Yellow / match, recent: 3.91

Last 12 months

20 matches since 2 Nov 2025, compared with the average referee

Last 12 months
Metric	John Beaton	Average	Difference from average
Yellow cards / match	3.95	3.99	−1%
Red cards / match	0.20	0.21	−6%
Penalty goals / match	0.11	0.23	−52%
Goals / match	3.10	2.78	+11%
Home wins	50%	44%	+14%
Draws	30%	25%	+19%

Ranked 539 of 1127 referees for yellow cards (1 = strictest).

Match results

By league

1 Scottish Premiership 3.29 goals · 3.76 yellows / match 17 matches
2 UEFA Europa League 3.00 goals · – yellows / match 2 matches
3 Scottish Cup 0.00 goals · – yellows / match 1 match

The data source is currently unreachable.

Cards per match

Recent matches (oldest to newest); the dashed line is the career average. Click a bar to open the match.

Yellow cardsRed cardsCareer avg.

League breakdown

Competitions of the last 12 matches

Scottish Premiership 11 11 matches · 3.9 yellow/match

Scottish Cup 1 1 matches · – yellow/match

Recent matches

FT 20 Sep

Celtic

Rangers 0 1

Scottish Premiership 5 0

FT 15 Sep

Falkirk FC

Heart of Midlothian 2 1

Scottish Premiership 7 0

FT 30 Aug

Dundee FC

Hibernian 1 2

Scottish Premiership 2 0

FT 2 Aug

St. Johnstone

Kilmarnock 4 3

Scottish Premiership 4 0

FT 13 May

Motherwell

Celtic 2 3

Scottish Premiership 5 0

FT 4 May

Heart of Midlothian

Rangers 2 1

Scottish Premiership 3 0

Scottish Cup –

Scottish Premiership 3 0

FT 14 Mar

Celtic

Motherwell 3 1

Scottish Premiership 6 1

FT 1 Mar

Rangers

Celtic 2 2

Scottish Premiership 3 0

FT 21 Feb

Dundee United

Kilmarnock 1 1

Scottish Premiership 4 1

FT 14 Jan

Falkirk FC

Celtic 0 1

Scottish Premiership 1 0