imported>Crowsus: Moving from Category:People from Perth, Western Australia to Category:Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia using Cat-a-lot

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Moving from Category:People from Perth, Western Australia to Category:Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|Australian soccer referee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox football official
| name = Mathew Cheeseman
| fullname = Mathew Cheeseman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|04|2}}
| birth_place = [[Perth]], Western Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| otheroccupation = Referees Manager
| years1 = 2006–2016
| years2 = 2006–2016
| league1 = [[Football West State League Premier Division]]
| league2 = [[A-League]]
| role1 = [[Referee (association football)|Referee]] & [[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referee]]
| role2 = Assistant referee
| internationalyears1 = 2013–2016
| confederation1 = [[FIFA International Referees List|FIFA listed]]
| internationalrole1 = Assistant referee
}}'''Mathew Cheeseman''' (born 2 April 1985) is a retired Australian [[association football|soccer]] [[Referee (association football)|referee]]. He officiated 84 games in the [[A-League]] as an [[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant Referee]] as well officiating 420 games across all disciplines in the [[Football West State League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.communitynews.com.au/eastern-reporter/sport/injury-forces-bennett-springs-referee-cheeseman-to-hang-up-whistle/|title=Injury forces Bennett Springs referee Cheeseman to hang up whistle|accessdate=25 August 2016 |publisher=Community News|date=25 August 2016 }}</ref> He is the Referees Manager for [[Football Federation Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.a-league.com.au/news/strebre-delovski-mathew-cheeseman-and-peter-green-join-ffa-referees-department|title=Strebre Delovski, Mathew Cheeseman and Peter Green join FFA Referees Department|accessdate=15 June 2020 |publisher=Hyundai A-League|date=10 October 2019 }}</ref>

Cheeseman was appointed as an Assistant Referee for the [[2012 A-League Grand Final]], becoming only the second Western Australian official to be appointed to a national league grand final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.footballwest.com.au/football-west/the-football-west-team/|title=WA linesman gets grand final gig|accessdate=9 March 2012|publisher=The West Australia|date=17 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729033647/http://www.footballwest.com.au/football-west/the-football-west-team/|archive-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2012 Cheeseman won his third consecutive Golden Whistle as Referee of the Year in the [[Football West State League]]. He has also won four State League Assistant Referee of the Year trophies in 2005, 2009, 2010 & 2011.

He was added to the [[FIFA International Referees List]] for 2013 as an assistant referee.<ref name="fifa-list">{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=aus/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706032557/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=aus/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 July 2007 | title=Australia: Referees | publisher=FIFA | accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>

An Achilles injury and subsequent surgery saw him retire from active refereeing in August 2016,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.communitynews.com.au/eastern-reporter/sport/injury-forces-bennett-springs-referee-cheeseman-to-hang-up-whistle/|title=Injury forces Bennett Springs referee Cheeseman to hang up whistle|accessdate=25 August 2016 |publisher=Community News|date=25 August 2016 }}</ref> however he remains involved in the game as a referee assessor and instructor for [[Football Federation Australia]].

==References==
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[[Category:A-League Men referees]]
[[Category:Australian soccer referees]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:1985 births]]

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