Referee Morag Pirie
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| Morag Pirie |
- Born on 27th June, 1975, in Aberdeen.
- In August, 2003, became the first woman to referee a senior football match in Scotland, when she took charge for Huntly's 1–0 win over Wick Academy in the Highland Football League. Was the first woman to officiate at a Thistle game, running the line in a 3-1 Jags League Cup win at Dens Park in August, 2006. Was the first woman to officiate at a national Cup final in November 2007, when she was an assistant referee at the 2007 Scottish Challenge Cup Final. Became Scotland's first female FIFA referee in 2009, having previously been an assistant at that level from 2004 to 2007. An accountant by profession.
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- | Morag Pirie | 08.08.2006 Dundee [a] W3-1 (League Cup 1st Round) | 0 | 0 |  |
0 | 0 | 0 | L0-1 |
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- | Morag Pirie | 03.04.2007 Ross County [a] L1-2 (SFL First Division - game 32) | 0 | 0 |  |
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0 | 0 | L1-2 |
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- | Morag Pirie | 09.05.2009 Dundee [a] L0-4 (SFL First Division - game 36) | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | L0-2 |
| 3 | 0 | ← Totals → | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | L1-5 |
| Morag Pirie's Summary | |
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| Average crime count per game | 2 pts |
| The crime count % balance | 17-83 to Thistle's detriment |
| Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win) | 1 (W1 D0 L2) |
| compiled to our All Games criteria @ 14-Nov-2025 | |
| Thistle's Historical Summary | |
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| Average crime count per game ᵃ | 1.454 pts |
| Average crime count per game ᵇ | 4.666 pts |
| The crime count % balance | 48-52 to Thistle's detriment |
| Thistle's ppg (@ 3pts per win) | 1.414 (W2769 D1448 L2682) |
| ᵃ from 1886-87 to 1996-97 (see crime count notes) | |
| ᵇ from 1997-98 to date (see crime count notes) | |
| compiled to our All Games criteria @ 15-Jul-2026 | |
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Crime Count notes |
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5 pts are allocated for a penalty, in favour of whichever team is awarded the kick. Our data is comprehensive from 1891-92 (the season of introduction) to date. |
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1 pt is allocated for any given player's first yellow card, the point being in Thistle's favour when an opponent is booked and vice-versa. Second yellows are always ignored as superfluous. We introduce the yellow card count from season 1997-98 onwards as our records are comprehensive and meaningful from that season onwards. Official cautions began in the 1940s and we continue to (casually) build such data with a view to, perhaps, setting an earlier date for our yellow card analysis. Incidentally, the actual yellow card was first introduced to the Scottish domestic game in season 1979-80. |
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4 pts are allocated for sending offs, the points being in Thistle's favour when an opponent is sent-off and vice-versa. Our crime count database is 'open for business' from 1886-87 onwards as this was the first season that the English FA decreed that the referee had the power to send a player off, although the first known in a Scottish game wasn't until a season later and the first known in a Thistle game wasn't until 1891. Our data is comprehensive from then to the present day. As per the yellow, the actual red card was first introduced to the Scottish domestic game in season 1979-80. |
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