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John Beaton wasn't the original choice to referee Sunday's controversial clash between Hearts and Celtic as the match programme reveals. Clubs are informed of match officials a fortnight in advance of matches which allows all involved to make arrangement, especially travel and occasionally accommodation needs. Greg…

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Celtic’s two statements on John Beaton

by Editor March 4, 2024

Beaton has a long track record for strange decisions made in Celtic matches with the Morelos incidents in December 2018 the other stand out in his career.

Yang, SFA, Call Robert, Celtic, Don Robertson

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Cheating bast***s Celtic sponsor wades into SFA storm

by Editor March 4, 2024

We’re extremely grateful to the Call Robert team for pledging their support to the 20th celebration of Celtic’s Player of the Year Awards and in turn, pledging vital funds to support the work of Celtic FC Foundation.

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Misinterpreting me- Spiers goes down a rabbit hole as he drags True Blue Kenny Macintyre into Ibrox penalty scandal

by Editor December 9, 2023

Losing the argument Spiers grabbed at the suggestion that Kenny Macintyre would never suggest a bias in favour of Celtic. Absolutely desperate stuff.

Michael Nicholson, Celtic CEO, Peter Lawwell

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Doubling Down? Why did Kevin Clancy ignore two fouls as St Johnstone scored against Celtic

by Editor December 4, 2023

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.

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It would hardly be a stretch to suggest there is bias- BBC presenter calls out the 68 match penalty scandal

by Editor December 3, 2023

Gordon has been getting eased out the door at BBC Scotland by the ever-staunch Macintyre, it looks like the Aberdeen fan is embarking on the slow goodbye that Jim Spence went through a decade ago.

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Derek Rae instantly trashes SFA claims over amazing success of VAR

by Editor November 24, 2023

A recent match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund included two errors over 90 minutes, according to the SFA an error occurs in one match out of 135!

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Referee’s conflict of interest kicks off in EPL but is encouraged by SFA appointments

by Editor November 22, 2023

The SFA have no such controls for Scottish football which has resulted in the Lanarkshire and Glasgow Referee Associations supplying most of the officials involved in top level matches with other areas virtually written off.

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SFA and referees double down as Tavernier becames record-breaker with mainstream in denial

by Editor November 13, 2023

Tavpen and Penalty for Rangers have long been iconic on social media, that may need to be amended with two penalties per game becoming the norm. Or one and a spare with Tavernier not hitting the net as regularly as he once did from his favourite distance.

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SFA announce referee and VAR for Kilmarnock v Celtic

by Editor August 15, 2023

Muir, like McLean and assistant referee Frank Muir, had a clear view of the incident but neither of the three opted to apply the Laws of the Game.