George Smith is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 retired football referee. He is best known for refereeing at the 1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

 in Italy

Italy

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, where he officiated the game between Austria

Austria national football team

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 and Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia national football team

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...

, handing out seven yellow cards in what was a rough game.

Smith took charge of the 1980

1980 Scottish Cup Final

The 1980 Scottish Cup Final was played on 10 May 1980 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 95th Scottish Cup competition. Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers contested the match, which Celtic won 1–0 after extra time...

 (Celtic v Rangers), 1988

1988 Scottish Cup Final

The 1988 Scottish Cup Final was played between Celtic and Dundee United at Hampden Park on 14 May 1988.Celtic won 2–1, with Frank McAvennie scoring both of their goals. Kevin Gallacher got Dundee United's goal.-Match details:...

 (Celtic v Dundee United) and 1990

1990 Scottish Cup Final

The 1990 Scottish Cup Final was played on May 12, 1990 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 115th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Celtic. Aberdeen won the match 9–8 on penalties after the match finished 0–0 following extra time.-Match details:-Road to the...

 (Aberdeen v Celtic) Scottish Cup finals. He also took charge of the 1988

1988 Scottish League Cup Final

The 1988 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 23 October 1988 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 43rd Scottish League Cup. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Rangers. Rangers won the match 3–2 thanks to goals from Ally McCoist and Ian Ferguson.-Match details:-Teams:...

 (Aberdeen v Rangers) and 1989

1989 Scottish League Cup Final

The 1989 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 22 October 1989 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 44th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Rangers. Aberdeen won the match 2–1 thanks to a Paul Mason double.-Match details:-Teams:...

(Aberdeen v Rangers) Scottish League Cup finals.