Beaton was on VAR duty for Celtic’s defeat at Tynecastle a month ago, prompting Don Robertson to send off Yang Hyun-jun and award an outrageous penalty against Tomoki Iwata.
Back covering soccer yesterday, Tom English opted for some attention seeking as Celtic scored at Livingston.
A two month stint on the egg-chasing Six Nations circuit seems to have drawn a blank in terms of exciting new job opportunities even after extensive networking at the Aviva Stadium when…
As soon as the SFA announced that David Dickinson would referee the match with Andrew Dallas on VAR duty the outcome of the fixture was almost guaranteed.
Any expectations of Celtic finally questioning the goings on at the SFA were ended by the clearly disappointed statement, the reaction from fans was 90% hostile with only a few claiming that the club had won the case and laid down a marker on the SFA.
If we truly believe the referees to be incompetent then we should not be accepting this decision. It should be appealed. The rule that you cannot challenge the competence of officials is perverse and should be changed.
Discussions have been on-going between the clubs but now, 10 days before the match takes place Celtic have decided not to put the safety of their fans at risk at Ibrox.
The group were made aware that the Jock Stein would not be made available due to certain safety concerns relating to this specific area, but arrangements have been made by the Club to allow the group to attend within the Rail Seating Section.
Even as recently as 2019 the Sunday Mail was selling comfortably over 100,000 copies, still a significant number even if it was well down on the heydays when sales were counted by their tens of thousands.
Unlike the corner given to away fans at Celtic Park the section for visiting fans at Ibrox has home supporters on all sides and also above within missile throwing range from the upper sections of the Broomloan Road and Govan Stands.
During the podcast Dempsey reveals that Chairman Jack McGinn then suggested that he stay behind for a cup of tea, Dempsey’s reply was that if the Chairman had any dignity he should resign alongside Jimmy Farrell. He used the words integrity and principle, qualities in short supply in the Celtic…