Three days after he answers an SFA Notice of Complaint at Hampden Brendan Rodgers will have to put up with Don Robertson for the Livingston v Celtic match.
With 18 different referees handling SPFL Premiership matches this season there is no real justification for the same referee to…
I can’t sit in the stand for my own safety, that sums things up in this country. I would have sat in the directors’ box but I was told for my own safety that it wasn’t a good idea.
The Rangers keeper was widely expected to be in Gareth Southgate’s squad for their March friendlies after Record Sport revealed he was firmly back on the radar after an impressive season at Ibrox.
Beaton is far from a lone wolf, it seems that all of the referees that reach the top under Crawford Allan have adopted similar decision making patters, in marked contrast with how UEFA match officials deal with the two Glasgow clubs.
Once Borna Barisic, Connor Goldson and Ryan Kent were signed Gerrard’s Starting XI was very settled, strangely their on field discipline improved from the worst in the SPFL Premiership to the best. Red cards going from eight to 0, yellows from 48 to 26.
Six EPL clubs have been credited with an interest in signing Karamoko Dembele in the summer.
The former Celtic youth team player recently turned 21 and is finally living up to expectations at the unlikely setting of Blackpool, slap bang in the middle of League One where physicality…
Brendan Rodgers has barely had the chance to work with the Japanese midfielder but if all goes well the 26-year-old could be ready for a key role in the run-in to the season.
With Rodgers hit with a Notice of Complaint and preparing to defend his reputation the audio conversations between the two match officials is absolutely vital to the hearing.
It’s likely one or both positions will be filled by suitable people without any prior connection to Scottish football.
A quick skim shows that the 3.5 seasons before Crawford Allan took over as head of Refs, Celtic had 5 penalties awarded v Rangers, under C Allan Celtic have had zero pens v Rangers.