When English born Les Coffman was heard commenting on the referee during a match of his Royal Air Force team against the team of the Army, one of his superiors made him take a referee course to see if he was any better. A trip around the world brought him to New Zealand in 1957, where he stayed.

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In !0 years on the FIFA panel he took charge of 14 "A" internationals, one of them was a World Cup qualifier in Korea for 50.000 people.

After his retirement as a referee he was a Referees Inspector/Assessor and a FIFA Instructor. Coffman sat in the NZ Football Appointments Panel and the Oceania Confederation Referees Committee.

Coffman still (2011) has his referee assessor accreditation.

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In the article from which we have all this we found the following list:

1979-1981: President New Zealand Soccer Referees Association

1981: Life Member New Zealand Soccer Referees Association

1981-1989: New Zealand Football Association Referees Committee

1988-1989: Chairman New Zealand Football Referees Committee

Did the name of the sport change from soccer to football or do they have more than one referee committee?



(source: aucklandfootball.org.nz)

2011