From Albion Rovers (Ibrox, Scottish Cup 2014) to Celtic almost every club in the country have had reason to question the competence of Beaton when refereeing their matches. If it isn’t an issue of competence there is only one other explanation.
Yesterday morning the mask certainly slipped as the real McCoist emerged, the guy that spent must of his career in the company of John Brown, Davie Cooper, Jimmy Bell and others that would never be described as liberals or Politically Correct.
The tweets from Stubbs illustrate the contempt in which Scottish football is viewed, reinforced by the events over the weekend with Hibs and Celtic giving silent support to Crawford Allan.
Only three minutes of stoppage time were added, mainly for the time wasting by the Livingston goalie, after the adverts the Sky Sports pundits debated the penalty claim with highly predictable results.
The summary is that Rodgers is furious at Jackson reporting in the Record about an off the record briefing- as are the other reporters who respected the status of the discussion.
Following prompting from BBC Scotland and the Daily Record Margetson examined Jack Butland’s form but during the two Glasgow Derbies that featured the former Crystal Palace reserve his eye was taken by Hart in the other goal.
With less than a dozen first team appearances to his name McCausland dive was just too obvious, it was embarrassing but not as embarrassing as the decisions taken by the match officials.
Today from a match that they have won Celtic have the opportunity to ‘press for the highest standards in relation to the VAR process in Scottish football’ which is apparently something that they continue to press despite the lack of any evidence.
For example, in the game you are talking about, at Tynecastle, the one that Brendan Rodgers was hauled in front of the disciplinary board for, I am told that the VAR that day got full marks for his decisions.
Callum McGregor has been out on the field, but we’re not risking him in this game. He should hopefully rejoin training next week.