Mathew Cheeseman

{{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 & Assistant referee

| role2 = Assistant referee

| internationalyears1 = 2013–2016

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Assistant referee

}}Mathew Cheeseman (born 2 April 1985) is a retired Australian soccer referee. He officiated 84 games in the A-League as an Assistant Referee as well officiating 420 games across all disciplines in the Football West State League.{{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 }} He is the Referees Manager for Football Federation Australia.{{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 }}

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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}

An Achilles injury and subsequent surgery saw him retire from active refereeing in August 2016,{{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 }} however he remains involved in the game as a referee assessor and instructor for Football Federation Australia.