{{short description|Scottish football referee}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football official | name = Les Mottram | fullname = Leslie William Mottram | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|03|05|df=y}} | role1 = Referee | years1 = 1989–1996 | league1 = Scottish Football League | role2 = Referee | years2 = 1996–2002 | league2 = J. League | confederation1 = FIFA-listed | internationalyears1 = 1991–1996 | internationalrole1 = Referee }} '''Leslie William Mottram''' (born 5 March 1951) is a Scottish retired football referee best known for supervising two matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.<ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014125719/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=84/results/matches/match=3065/report.html "Match Report - Korea Republic - Bolivia 0:0"]. 23 June 1994. Retrieved 7 June 2013.</ref><ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014125840/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=84/results/matches/match=3083/report.html "Match Report - Greece - Nigeria 0:2 (0:1)"]. 30 June 1994. Retrieved 7 June 2013.</ref> Mottram also officiated at UEFA Euro 1996 in England, including the semifinal match between France and the Czech Republic.<ref name="UEFA 96">UEFA. [https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/52915--france-vs-czechia/ "France 0-0 Czech Republic"]. 26 June 1996. Retrieved 7 June 2013.</ref> He is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1991<ref>Kutschera, Ambrosius. [https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1991e2.html "International Matches 1991 - Europe, July-December"]. ''RSSSF'', 2 February 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2013.</ref> to 1996.<ref name="UEFA 96" />
Mottram turned to refereeing after a brief professional playing career at Airdrie.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/mottram-puts-blunder-behind-him-on-road-to-hampden-final-goal-for-ref-who-missed-one-1.678432|title=Mottram puts blunder behind him on road to Hampden Final goal for ref who missed one|work=The Herald|publisher=Herald & Times Group|date=27 May 1995|access-date=20 November 2011|first=Ian|last=Paul}}</ref>
He became a professional referee when he left Scotland to officiate in the Japanese J. League in 1996.<ref name="Mottram">{{cite news|url=http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/archives/wc2002/fo/co/lm.html|publisher=Soccerphile.com|title=Les Mottram interview}}</ref> Although his original contract was only for three-months,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://square.umin.ac.jp/massie-tmd/mottraml.html |title=レスリー故郷に帰る |publisher=Square.umin.ac.jp |access-date=10 January 2010}}</ref> 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 J. League Cup<ref>[http://sports.nifty.com/zico/news/entrev/entr_LESLIE_MOTTRAM.htm LESLIE MOTTRAM（レスリー・モットラム）] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620010103/http://sports.nifty.com/zico/news/entrev/entr_LESLIE_MOTTRAM.htm |date=20 June 2009 }}, ZICO Official Site</ref> 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 Japan Football Association. 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 medal<ref>[http://www.jsgoal.jp/official/j-league/00026170.html 2005Jリーグアウォーズ功労賞につい ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073234/http://www.jsgoal.jp/official/j-league/00026170.html |date=16 July 2011 }}（05.11.15）]</ref> in the 2005 seasonal ceremony, then left Japan and went back to Scotland.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929154114/http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=14277 Profile] *[http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/archives/wc2002/fo/co/lm.html Interview] at soccerphile.com
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mottram, Les}} Category:Living people Category:1951 births Category:Scottish football referees Category:1994 FIFA World Cup referees Category:UEFA Euro 1996 referees Category:Scottish Football League referees Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players