Scott has ticked the boxes to get his first Ibrox appointment from the SFA, he wasn’t going to jeopardise his ascent up the ranks with Aitken on hand just to make sure that he came to the right decisions.
In the summer of 2022 the SFA created two full time VAR roles, the recruitment policy is unclear but Aitken and Andrew Dallas got the jobs which puts them in charge of most televised matches from the VAR room.
Getting onto the UEFA list is the target for most aspiring referees, opening up access to business class travel, very generous expenses and match fees, something that Douglas Ross used to take full advantage of.
Ross County and Motherwell will host the Ibrox side in December, it seems fairly clear that fixture reverses weren’t considered since there is no certainty that Ibrox will be open for business again this year.
Whether it is three matches or five matches on a new ‘lay and play’ pitch in August it is far from ideal for Clarke and his squad but as the events of over 100 years have shown the purpose of the SFA is to accommodate clubs from Ibrox at every…
Not only is it reported that Ross charged Westminster for his £48 parking ticket but he also received payment from the SFA meaning that he was repaid twice for the one expense.
In October 2019, he claimed for a flight from London to Glasgow and for £109 parking with NCP car parks. On November 1, 2020, he claimed £48.99 for parking the day he refereed a Celtic game. Others cannot be identified without access to specific dates and receipts.
Rather than file an official complaint or take any meaningful action Celtic do what they do best, get a source to brief their legacy media partners about their anger and outrage while doing SFA to damage their cherished O** F*** brand.
The benefit of spinning to someone like Macintyre is that he isn’t going to question what he has been told and will loyally parrot out the required message without any follow up questions.
No one is asking the officials to disclose the team they support publicly.
It’s absolutely bizarre to defend supporters of a team refereeing their teams games. No matter how fair the refs are, it isn’t seen to be fair.