When Fashion Sakala threw himself into Carl Starfelt the man from Bellshill pointed to the penalty spot- they were soon off their seats cheering in the Crown Bar when James Tavernier found the net.
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…
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.
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.
Alan Muir, David Dickinson, Steven McLean and John Beaton are now getting additional appointments with the role of referee, Fourth Official or VAR out of bounds for Collum.
the Scottish press was invited to a largely off-the-record meeting at Hampden last week to give an update on how VAR has been going. What was clear from a meeting that lasted nearly two and a half hours was that Crawford Allan, the head of refereeing is trying to be…
Under Crawford Allan it seems that having two surnames is a big consideration for reaching the top, the big match fees, very generous expenses and some midweek European jollies with big hitters like Collum, John Beaton, Nick Walsh and Kevin Clancy.