He seems to think that his monthly VAR Review is some sort of confessional. He admits all of the sins of his referees, is forgiven then they all go out the door and carry on as if nothing had happened. Repeating their errors every week.
Coming from Lanarkshire he knows the background of John Beaton, the great taboos that legacy media outlets will never go near.
Willie Collum is also a product of the Lanarkshire Refereeing Association. Now the Head of Refereeing at the SFA, Collum makes all of the appointments for SPFL Premiership matches. He knows exactly what Andrew and Hugh Dallas are.
Then John Beaton arrives as VAR. McLean cites defenders. Beaton dismisses it — “I know, I know, I know” — before McLean finishes speaking.
Clearly Willie Collum is impressed by Dickinson’s performances in these matches. It seems like the Head of Refereeing is going out of his way to involve Dickinson with his favourite club.
They had to [concede] one free-kick after another to stop us. I was surprised that they didn’t get more yellow cards in the first half, and I don’t think it’s good enough.
Dickinson has had four matches involving his favourite club. He has refereed 15% of their SPFL games so far. By appointment from honest Willie Collum.
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No other European league would allow such an obvious conflict of interest. No club dares to question the background of Scottish officials. The officials for the top matches are exclusively drawn from Lanarkshire and Glasgow.