Alan Snoddy is a retired Northern Irish referee, known for having refereed at the World Cup finals in Mexico in 1986 and in Italy in 1990. At the 1986 World Cup Snoddy was appointed to referee the game between Morocco and Portugal which ended 3-1 to Morocco. In the 1990 World Cup Alan refereed the game between Columbia and West Germany which ended 1-1 at the San Siro in Milan. He was the first referee from Northern Ireland to referee at back to back World Cup finals. Snoddy serves as referee development officer for the Irish Football Association a position which he left in 2014 although still works as a referee observer for both the Irish Football Association and UEFA. He is also a member of the UEFA Referee Convention Panel and is widely used assisting countries develop their referee structures. He is a senior course leader at the UEFA Referee Centre of Excellence coaching young promising referees. He is also a FIFA Referee Technical Instructor conducting technical seminars regularly. He worked for 2.5 years as the President of the Cyprus FA Referee Committee, and in February 2020 finished a spell of 16 months as a Referee Consultant to the Latvia FF. He has vast experience in refereeing, observing / assessing, instructing, mentoring and coaching all levels of match officials, and is very much in demand for seminars and development projects. Snoddy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to association football.
