An SFA stitch-up to stop Celtic: Sutton

[ian1964 10,720]

Joe O’Rourke the mad man let loose

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Below is a letter sent today to Ian Maxwell with regards to the latest shenanigans from the SFA. it's really getting to the stage when we must ask ourselves how long we can put up with the cheating within Scottish Football, all for the benefit of one club to the detriment of all the rest.

Mr Maxwell,
The last time I wrote to you regarding most match officials and their competence, or rather lack of it, and why they were not allowed, or willing to explain their decisions, you never replied, so I don’t expect a reply to this letter either.

I remember an interview on television given by the late Paul McBride QC about 7/8 years ago, he said “I think officially today we now know the SFA to be the laughing stock of world football, the decisions are incoherent, they are on the face of it thoroughly dishonest, and I never thought they were biased or prejudiced, now hearing what they have done today it’s very hard to escape that conclusion”

That statement was made after the disciplinary hearing following the famous fall-out between Neil Lennon and Ally McCoist, but it could also have been made after the latest decision concerning Alfredo Morelos. The whole disciplinary system within the SFA reeks of Arrogance and Dishonesty, and that is a view held by many ordinary football fans, and you are now part of that process.

Why all the secrecy? Why aren’t officials allowed to explain their decisions after a match? Why do the former referees who sit on the Disciplinary Panel remain anonymous? What happened to the promise of Transparency & Accountability? If these people are truly impartial then why should they not be named? Strange how jurors at the High Court can be responsible for one or more people spending the rest of their live in prison, but they are not afforded the option of anonymity, except in extreme cases, I don’t think we can class a football match as an extreme case.

If match official John Beaton stated that he saw all the incidents involving Morelos and deemed that no action was required, then he is either a “Liar or a Blatant Cheat” or Both, quite a number of former professional footballers saw the incidents and stated quite clearly action should have been taken on at least two occasions, I wonder what your opinion would have been if the incidents had happened last season against Partick Thistle, instead of this season against Celtic.

I was advised when you started your role at the SFA you were a decent and honest man, I was happy with that assertion, well I think that I have changed my mind on that now. I thought anyone would be an improvement on your predecessor, but I’m afraid by your silence and inaction you are just the same as Mr Regan.

Last Saturday at Ibrox Stadium the Celtic Supporters attending, and the watching television audience were treated to two hours of Bigotry & Offensive chanting by the home fans, a lot of it directed at the Greatest Manager in Scottish Football history, the late Jock Stein. There was also extremely offensive banners displayed regarding Big Jock, which must surely distress any of his family watching.

The other main target of the morons appeared to be Leigh Griffiths, now anyone who doesn’t have sympathy with another human being with fairly serious medical issues, I would suggest those people are less than human themselves. The whole match was the worst I’ve experienced in terms of offensive behaviour, and let me state for the record that the best team won on the day.

The most annoying thing for me and many others, is that not one single word of condemnation has come from you or anyone else at the SFA/SPFL. The whole watching football audience must now believe that type of behaviour is acceptable at football matches in Scotland. I’ll quote Paul McBride once again “The laughing stock of world football” well done Mr Maxwell, Honesty, Integrity, and Transparency, the Missing Ingredients from Scottish Football.

And finally Mr Maxwell, I note that there has been no update on the progress of the Judicial Panel Disciplinary Tribunal appointed to examine the circumstances surrounding the awarding of a UEFA Licence to Oldco Rangers in 2011. I would just remind you, that the Resolution 12 people will not be going away, let’s hope it’s not another whitewash or cover up.

Joe O’Rourke,
General Secretary,
Celtic Supporters Association

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqp40a?new_post=true

[ian1964 10,720]

Rangers beat Celtic because they were better not because of a conspiracy - James Black

Gers blogger James reckons the idea the SFA are helping Rangers out in a bid to stop 10 in a row is ridiculous.

After winning the last seven trophies contested in Scotland, Chris Sutton bravely stuck his head above the parapet and outed the grand conspiracy at Hampden to ensure Celtic don't make it eight titles out of eight.

The former Celtic striker wrote in his Record Sport column how an 'SFA stitch-up' is the reason Alfredo Morelos wasn't retrospectively punished for three nothing incidents in the Old Firm.

Following much wailing and begging from Hoops fans, it was decided that the Colombian striker had no case to answer as John Beaton saw all three clashes during the match.

Despite that, Sutton is adamant Morelos should have been sent off on three different occasions in the 1-0 Ibrox win and believes the decision not to show him red is either "cowardice or corruption."

I'm sorry but that is one of the most utterly mental comments I've ever read.

I'm sure Chris' next column will highlight Scott Brown's dangerous first-half tackle on Daniel Candeias and how the only explanation can be a pro-Celtic conspiracy at Hampden.

What makes it even more comical is that Rangers actually came out publicly and asked for support from clubs over the standard of refereeing following Candeias' red card for blowing a kiss against St. Mirren and every club in the country sat on their hands refusing to say a word.

I've written here before how the quality of refereeing is woeful in Scotland but there's no agenda against any one club. They are just as bad in games involving Annan Athletic or East Fife as they are in games involving Rangers or Celtic. There's nothing nefarious to their incompetence.

You'll be lucky to find a set of fans in the country who think the likes of Willie Collum or John Beaton are good referees but that doesn't mean they've got an agenda against them. It just means they're not very good at what they do.

The simple truth is that Rangers were the better team at Ibrox. Brendan Rodgers' much-hyped side were out-fought, out-thought and out-worked in every area of the pitch and on another day it could have been four or five.

With the arrivals of Jermain Defoe and Steven Davis imminent then Gerrard is clearly gearing up for a serious crack at the title in the second-half of the season.

And Sutton and the rest of the Celtic support are clearly panicking at the prospect of the Scottish Premiership title being wrapped in red, white and blue ribbons come May.

If that does happen then, rather than donning the tinfoil hat and blaming the Stonecutters, Sutton should perhaps look a bit closer to home and point fingers at his former club.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-beat-celtic-because-were-13812936

[ian1964 10,720]

 

[JFK-1 1,693]

Was it a conspiracy when Morelos was red carded in the first ten minutes of our first game of the season which happened to be an away game against a side that finished above us the past two seasons?

 

A red card that if I remember correctly was later downgraded to yellow for good reason. But that didn’t help us play this 80 minutes of a game away to a competitor a man down.

Edited January 4, 2019 by JFK-1

[ian1964 10,720]

 

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,751]

51 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

Joe O’Rourke the mad man let loose

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Below is a letter sent today to Ian Maxwell with regards to the latest shenanigans from the SFA. it's really getting to the stage when we must ask ourselves how long we can put up with the cheating within Scottish Football, all for the benefit of one club to the detriment of all the rest.

Mr Maxwell,
The last time I wrote to you regarding most match officials and their competence, or rather lack of it, and why they were not allowed, or willing to explain their decisions, you never replied, so I don’t expect a reply to this letter either.

I remember an interview on television given by the late Paul McBride QC about 7/8 years ago, he said “I think officially today we now know the SFA to be the laughing stock of world football, the decisions are incoherent, they are on the face of it thoroughly dishonest, and I never thought they were biased or prejudiced, now hearing what they have done today it’s very hard to escape that conclusion”

That statement was made after the disciplinary hearing following the famous fall-out between Neil Lennon and Ally McCoist, but it could also have been made after the latest decision concerning Alfredo Morelos. The whole disciplinary system within the SFA reeks of Arrogance and Dishonesty, and that is a view held by many ordinary football fans, and you are now part of that process.

Why all the secrecy? Why aren’t officials allowed to explain their decisions after a match? Why do the former referees who sit on the Disciplinary Panel remain anonymous? What happened to the promise of Transparency & Accountability? If these people are truly impartial then why should they not be named? Strange how jurors at the High Court can be responsible for one or more people spending the rest of their live in prison, but they are not afforded the option of anonymity, except in extreme cases, I don’t think we can class a football match as an extreme case.

If match official John Beaton stated that he saw all the incidents involving Morelos and deemed that no action was required, then he is either a “Liar or a Blatant Cheat” or Both, quite a number of former professional footballers saw the incidents and stated quite clearly action should have been taken on at least two occasions, I wonder what your opinion would have been if the incidents had happened last season against Partick Thistle, instead of this season against Celtic.

I was advised when you started your role at the SFA you were a decent and honest man, I was happy with that assertion, well I think that I have changed my mind on that now. I thought anyone would be an improvement on your predecessor, but I’m afraid by your silence and inaction you are just the same as Mr Regan.

Last Saturday at Ibrox Stadium the Celtic Supporters attending, and the watching television audience were treated to two hours of Bigotry & Offensive chanting by the home fans, a lot of it directed at the Greatest Manager in Scottish Football history, the late Jock Stein. There was also extremely offensive banners displayed regarding Big Jock, which must surely distress any of his family watching.

The other main target of the morons appeared to be Leigh Griffiths, now anyone who doesn’t have sympathy with another human being with fairly serious medical issues, I would suggest those people are less than human themselves. The whole match was the worst I’ve experienced in terms of offensive behaviour, and let me state for the record that the best team won on the day.

The most annoying thing for me and many others, is that not one single word of condemnation has come from you or anyone else at the SFA/SPFL. The whole watching football audience must now believe that type of behaviour is acceptable at football matches in Scotland. I’ll quote Paul McBride once again “The laughing stock of world football” well done Mr Maxwell, Honesty, Integrity, and Transparency, the Missing Ingredients from Scottish Football.

And finally Mr Maxwell, I note that there has been no update on the progress of the Judicial Panel Disciplinary Tribunal appointed to examine the circumstances surrounding the awarding of a UEFA Licence to Oldco Rangers in 2011. I would just remind you, that the Resolution 12 people will not be going away, let’s hope it’s not another whitewash or cover up.

Joe O’Rourke,
General Secretary,
Celtic Supporters Association

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqp40a?new_post=true

FFS. Where do you start? I presume Mr O'Rourke keeps tabs on all refereeing performances throughout the league?

 

And sympathy for poor lil Leigh? Are you having a f**kin laugh. Not in a billion years. The word karma springs to mind

 

This lot are a strange breed indeed

[ian1964 10,720]

10 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said:

FFS. Where do you start? I presume Mr O'Rourke keeps tabs on all refereeing performances throughout the league?

 

And sympathy for poor lil Leigh? Are you having a f**kin laugh. Not in a billion years. The word karma springs to mind

 

This lot are a strange breed indeed

Trouble is when in the next ST Pats' v Rangers match at the piggery we will struggle to win because of all this pressure put on the officials!.

[ian1964 10,720]

 

[ian1964 10,720]

Celtic slam SFA after decision not to take action against Alfredo Morelos

The Hoops are unhappy with the game's governing body.

Celtic have hit out at the SFA after the decision not to punish Alfredo Morelos for a series of incidents during the defeat to Rangers.

The Parkhead outfit have called on the SFA to allow John Beaton to explain his decisions publicly and say they have requested a meeting with Ian Maxwell and John Fleming.

They also say Anthony Ralston suffered an injury during his incident with Morelos, when the Colombian landed on his back after a battle for the ball.

The SFA decided no action would be taken against Morelos following a compliance officer review because referee Beaton had witnessed all three incidents.

The first happened early in the game when Morelos connected with Scott Brown before further incidents in the second half with Ralston and Ryan Christie.

Celtic say they aren't blaming the decisions for the club losing the game but insist they want transparency on what happened.

In their statement Celtic said: "Celtic Football Club is surprised that there will be no disciplinary action taken by the Scottish FA regarding the incidents during the match on December 29, which have been widely addressed in the media.

"It is reported that no action was taken because the match referee saw all of the incidents in question.

"Given that the referee took no action at the time, this tends to suggest that such conduct, which in one instance led to a Celtic player, Anthony Ralston, being injured, is acceptable in Scottish football. That cannot be right.

"On the day, Celtic did not play well enough to win the match, something we accept. However, this issue goes beyond the result of the match.

"Celtic is not the only club this season to raise concerns regarding the standard of officiating at matches in Scotland, concerns which have also been shared by many commentators on the game.

"In order to fully understand what is going on, Celtic, our supporters, Scottish clubs and the general Scottish football public need transparency in these matters, and we therefore call on the Scottish FA to allow the referee, John Beaton, to explain these decisions publicly as well as any match officials involved in other similar circumstances.

"In the meantime, we have requested a meeting with Scottish FA chief executive, Ian Maxwell, and the association's head of refereeing."

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-slam-sfa-after-decision-13813490

[Scott7 5,941]

This club never stops whining. Them’s the breaks. Rangers have had plenty going against them.