Vikki Allan
2017
Vikki Allan
Age: 24
Location: Edinburgh
Vikki Allan has done huge amounts for women’s football refereeing. She has worked her way up to become a referee at the Women’s Premiership level, and she has progressed through the leagues to become a FIFA Assistant. She is also a Scottish FA Refereeing Youth Ambassador of Change and she ensures that interests and suggestions from young people inform the decision-making processes within the management of Scottish football.
There are just over 120 female officials registered in Scotland, and only one third of them are regularly involved in matches up and down the leagues across the country, so all the work that Vikki does is absolutely crucial in ensuring diversity and representation.
Vikki is also passionate about raising awareness about women in football, and she is a member of Equal Playing Field (EPF), a non-profit initiative to challenge gender inequality in sport, promote sports development for girls and women globally, and raise the profile of inspirational female sporting role models in the media.
In June 2017 Vikki was one of 32 women from 20 continents who climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, hauling goal posts and nets with them to play the highest altitude game of football on record.