The Glasgow based lawyer has been on the refereeing scene for a decade, taking charge of the 2018 Scottish Cup Final followed by four Glasgow Derbies. Celtic have won one of those matches and lost three, a very unusual trend in that fixture.
Clancy had his trademark apologetic face on as he awarded Hearts a procession of free kicks, opposing players know that their luck is in while the scores are level against Celtic.
No doubt aware of recent events and sensing a chance to climb the ladder, Kevin Clancy was at the heart of two highly controversial incidents as Motherwell drew 2-2 at home to Phil Clement’s exciting young team.To the surprise of absolutely no-one both decisions favoured one team, the club that…
I just felt there was more than two minutes to be played in that game. It was a real surprise for myself, and I think most of you guys as well.
These two clips were available to Kevin Clancy and Dougie Potter in the VAR studio, there were no other games going on at that point so there were no distractions. Additionally they had the boost of additional angles provided by cameras from Sky Sports.
Clancy knows that he can get away with those subjective honest mistakes, he’s had a decade on the circuit, collecting the top match fees, generous expenses and European jollies.