Match Officials For Separate Entity FC

[ian1964 10,429]

[CammyF 6,807]

Wow, thought it was their new management team. 

[26th of foot 5,841]

Pistol Pete Picks.

 

There exists a tradition in Scottish football, a match official on the cusp of retiring gets to pick his/her last game. Often, it's utilised by our wonderfully objective media to say, "we told you so". A Referee choosing Ibrox as a last match after twenty-odd years service is particularly ridiculed. Many a Referee has quietly officiated at Pittodrie, Tynecastle, Easter Road, ....... and even Sellik Park on their final game, and enjoyed home club hospitality, and so they should. I am wondering if this tradition has been extended by the SFA/SPFL to club officials, specifically retiring Chief Executive Officers?

 

A week on Sunday, Rangers travel across the city to the Chamber of Secrets. It will be Peter Lawwell's final old firm match at the auld sod. Peter will want to assure his last bitter confrontation is not a continuation of humiliation. Ian Maxwell and Murdoch MacLennan will share Peter's fears. Thus, as hip young gunslinger, Pistol Pete takes his comfy green leather seat at high Noon next Sunday, the choice of Match Officials will be a calming balm. It's the Diversity that hits you :  

 

Referee : Wullie Collum.

 

Assistant Referees : Sean Carr and Frank Connor.

 

Fourth Official : Kevin Clancy.

 

Such a brazen selection merits a slap up nosh with lashings of ginger beer at the Brazen Head public house, as a reward for the Famous Five(Peter and the four officials).

[26th of foot 5,841]

Argh, apologies Ian.

 

Double thread alert, I posted on just seeing the announcement. Perhaps, you can combine?

[Bluedell 5,348]

Frank Connor was the linesman who "missed" the Morelos penalty incident against Livingston and claimed he dived.

[ChelseaBoy 2,246]

The pied piper and three blind mice.

[26th of foot 5,841]

23 minutes ago, Bluedell said:

Frank Connor was the linesman who "missed" the Morelos penalty incident against Livingston and claimed he dived.

Frank was also the Linesman at Livi', who had the best view of Morelos being downed by the Livi' Keeper. As Michael Stewart told us on BBC Radio Scotland, "the Referee checked with his Assistant before issuing the yellow caed for simulation".

 

Frank has a five year history of 'honest mistakes', he has officiated at 21 Sellik games and 19 Rangers games in that time period. Ra Sellik have an 81% win ratio in those games, whereas Rangers slump to 47%.

 

Of course, I should have mentioned other appointments : 

 

BBC Sportscene Referee : Michael Stewart

 

Referee Supervisor : Angela Haggerty.

 

All information is courtesy of Phil McFournames, who had two sources of information/contacts inside PQ when the decisions were made.

 

 

[Scott7 5,202]

Collum makes horrendous mistakes but I genuinely believe most of his mistakes are honest unlike the “mistakes” of some of the others.

[ian1964 10,429]

 

[Uilleam 5,451]

15 men.

 

15 men, for the Gers are on a crest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Better sides have tried and have finished 2nd best

Yo ho ho and their schemings up the lum....