The job of referee has a kind of inverse relationship between popularity and career progress. Willie Collum has been at the centre of this season’s three major controversies. He was referee on two occasions when his assistants failed to notice Celtic conceded a goal in crucial league games against Rangers and Hearts (on each occasion the ball crossed the line by inches and remained there for a small fraction of a second).
There is very little a ref can do when his assistant doesn’t flag when the ball crosses the goal line, as we all know, but Collum still suffered reputational damage from some who simply blamed him for being in charge when ‘goals’ against Celtic were not awarded by assistant referees.
It takes a brave decision for a ref to award an injury time penalty for a team losing by a goal in a cup final. As we noted yesterday, Anthony Stokes clearly had his ankle clipped when clean through with Cammy Bell to beat on Sunday while the Kilmarnock defender never came close to the ball. This was a foul any day of the week, but having been in charge when Celtic benefited from assistant referee decisions, Collum booked Stokes instead of awarding a penalty.
This incident was almost identical to Collum’s decision not to award Celtic a penalty in the infamous game away to Hamilton Accies in 2011. With five minutes of the game remaining Niall McGinn was tripped inside the box but Collum booked the player.
The offside rule was subject to a new and unique interpretation that day. Hamilton ‘scored’ from a set piece with a player alone inside the six yard box who jumped over the ball. He was in an offside position by several yards and stood in front of Fraser Forster before allowing the ball to pass under him. Collum also sent off James Forrest for blocking a clearance in an incident which caused a Hamilton player to kick his boot.
All of this followed the infamous incident at Celtic Park when despite looking the other way, Collum awarded Rangers a penalty when Kirk Broadfoot stumbled in the vicinity of Daniel Majstorovic.
Without enjoying the light of robust critical analysis of refereeing decisions that happens in most other countries I’m not sure where we go with any of this. Celtic Quick News called both ‘goal’ incidents against Rangers and Hearts as assistant referee mistakes so it is only appropriate we record Mr Collum’s significant mistakes when refereeing Celtic, while we ponder the formula for career progression among Scotland’s referees.
I know we covered the issue of Duff and Phelps needing to talk-up any possibility of nullifying Ticketus ownership of future season tickets, Craig Whyte’s security over Ibrox of HMRC being prepared to accept a few pennies in the pound (before HMRC issued a rare statement about the important of paying your tax, “football club or not”), so apologies for repeating myself, but….
Duff and Phelps have agreed no deal with HMRC. Ticketus retain ownership of future season tickets and the recent court challenge appears to offer little threat, while Craig Whyte retains his security. In addition, Duff and Phelps have received no offer for Rangers with terms which are within their control.
So, apart from having no offers they can accept, no stadium to sell, no control over future season ticket sales, no agreement with HMRC and having absolutely no idea what they will do when player contracts revert to their full value on 1 June, Duff and Phelps job is pretty easy.
Right now they need to keep all their plates in the air. The very least we should do is cut them some slack as they endeavour to work the angles.
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Positive scan results for James Forrest
By: Laura Brannan on 20 Mar, 2012 13:22
THERE was good news for James Forrest following the blow he took to his right calf late in the game against Kilmarnock on Sunday. Results from a scan showed the 20-year old has only received bruising to the soft tissue.
Gary Hooper, who had to come off with 10 minutes remaining in the League Cup final, suffered a dead-leg while Paddy McCourt missed the Hampden squad because of a stiff back. Assessments will be made on all three players later in the week, ahead of Sunday´s league clash with Rangers.
Meanwhile, long-term absentees, Beram Kayal, Daniel Majstorovic and Mo Bangura are all on schedule with their respective rehab programmes.
Bobby Evans Superstar
Why thank you sir !!
Hail Hail
‘Meeting at his house just outside Glasgow for his first TV interview since the current Rangers implosion began, he is precise in what he wants to say. He’s made notes in preparation for our visit.
After some time on camera it becomes clear Mr Adam wants to go significantly further than in a couple of previous, ground-breaking interviews with the Daily Mail…’
A stiff back.
I hope some good soul is collating the Derry Pele’s various ailments for posterity.
Like it says on the rhebel rhebel t-shirt – “Part-time player, full-time genius.”
Paul67 ,
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo on 20 March, 2012 at 12:37
Could you send me Awe_Naws email address ?
Thanks
Cheerio to nine in a row. Cardigan will be worried his legacy and rep disappearing.
James Forrest
If you want to shift some mags hardcopy to the general support why not contact the existing fanzines and see if they’ll do a ‘double sale’ for a few sheckles?
NTV, Alternative View and others have their own seller structure and might be interested in helping you to get across a ‘special’ edition.
I know this may be viewed as ‘competition’ but if you don’t ask you don’t get. If you approach it on the basis of a ‘one off’ some of their concerns may be lessened and you might get it in place?
cooperationnotcompetitioncfc
HH
THERE was good news for James Forrest following the blow he took to his right calf late in the game against Kilmarnock on Sunday. Results from a scan showed the 20-year old has only received bruising to the soft tissue.
Gary Hooper, who had to come off with 10 minutes remaining in the League Cup final, suffered a dead-leg while Paddy McCourt missed the Hampden squad because of a stiff back. Assessments will be made on all three players later in the week, ahead of Sunday´s league clash with Rangers.
Meanwhile, long-term absentees, Beram Kayal, Daniel Majstorovic and Mo Bangura are all on schedule with their respective rehab programmes.
traditionalist88 on 20 March, 2012 at 13:39 said:
“Positive scan results for James Forrest
By: Laura Brannan on 20 Mar, 2012 13:22 …”
Whew: for a moment I thought it was CQN’s James Forrest!
FF
Does anyone know the SPL rules re 2nd contracts or payments outside the original contact that’s lodged with the SPL.
I’ve a gut feeling the SPL will find rangers guilty of payments outside the original contract, but rangers will only get a fine.
The SFA will turn around and say, the SPL have dealt with it….. so nothing to do with them.
Hope I’m just talking rubbish mind you.
lifted from RTC posters.
alex thomson @alextomo
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FavoritedFavorite · Close Open Details #c4news EXCLUSIVE fmr RFC director says RFC directors weren’t interested in directing. SFA/SPL not interested in governing.
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@GrahamSpiers you cannot be so naive to accept a “hint” from a vested interest as fact? The story of Treasury support for a deal was a lie.
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@Jokeybhoy @grahamspiers Despite proving access many times, only 1 Scottish journalist contacted me for info on this story. Says it all.
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@Jokeybhoy @grahamspiers More English journalists have been in touch in last week that all Scottish journalists combined in last year.
And that is the most damning comment on the Scottish hacks.
HAIL HAIL
alex thomson @alextomo
#c4news So is it cheating? I ask. “It is. It is.” Says fmr RFC director Hugh Adam
HAIL HAIL
Paul,
Duffield claims he knew nothing nor suspected anything. You would have thought the visit of the sheriff officers might have sparked his curiosity!
Left click tic
I for one would be delighted to see some of the English Media take up this story.
The Scottish hacks, well they just cant hack it can they? They need to be shown up for what they have done and what they have failed to do.
Paul67
please give ticgaz my email address
thank you.
Hail Hail
Alex Thomson has been busy these last few days in Glasgow…
‘But at the least a man who was not even in Scotland during the period of inquestion is prepared to answer for the bizarre days before his tenure. and there is action too, the SFA today writing to all Scottish clubs demanding all details of any payments to players beyond their contracts.
But hang on- the SFA rules state very clearly that all clubs have to send all payents to the SFA and SPL anyway. So why send a letter appealing to clubs not to cheat please?
Curiouser and curiouser’
It will be interesting to hear Huge Adams’ view especially as he goes back to the 90s the untouchable decade.
During the Five Live debate there was some interesting declarations as if making a defiant, strident statement makes it so;
– This has nothing to do with the 9iar
– We are talking about [Tax] aviodance not evasion
– No Trophys will be annulled
MeThinksTheyProtesttooMuch!
SFA writing to all clubs demanding player payment details ?
They wouldn’t be trying to muddy the waters would they……?
if as mr adam is suggesting that sfa/spl did not want to govern
i would like to know what former members of the celtic leadership who have taken posts with in both these organisations were doing or not doing in this case,surely these people would have access to documents? to the present leadership its time to asking questions of former colleagues,it beggars belief that these people could
sit on these so called governing bodies and not know of the skuldugerry that was going on or were they just cowards that accepted this as the norm?
Paul67
Nice analysis of the pressures subtly, or at least privately, placed on referees to revert to a default position.
It reinforces my view , shared by almost all as far as I can see , that Collum was never going to give a penalty on Sunday.
As it happens I dont believe it was a penalty but it was 1000 times more of a penalty than the one given to Broadfoot , which , for me, remains the most staggeringly – lets be kind – inept decision I’ve seen in a very long time.
BRTH’s typically astute post at 10.34 identifies neatly the clearest failings on the part of some charged with governance. It is hopelessly inadequate to claim a defence that you didn’t know what was going on.
The point is , of course, that you OUGHT to have known. That was your charge – to proactively investigate and analyse not blindly to accept what you were told.
Perhaps its difficult when all around are negelcting their duties to have a proper perspective on things but that makes you no less answerable.
The MSM are as bad.
If you simply take down and put into print what you’re told with no critical analysis you’re not a Journalist – you’re an Audio Typist.
HamiltonTim/BSR (From page 1),
It would not surprise me in the least if we were given a penalty this coming Sunday…………after Murderwell have beaten Kilmarnock first!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
st lubo
If it is the two twins i think it may be
but not 100% sure
Help~
Whut diz..
“MSM” .. stand fur?
Kojo
Still Laughin’
Update on Muamba:
He has been able to “recognise family members and respond to questions appropriately”, the Premier League club said.
An earlier statement on Monday had said “he is also moving his arms and legs” but “his long-term prognosis will remain unclear for some time”.
His fiancee, Shauna Magunda, the mother of his son Joshua, posted on Twitter on Monday evening: “All your prayers are working people thank you so so much. Every prayer makes him stronger.”
A family friend, Curtis Codrington, also tweeted that he had visited Muamba in hospital on Monday night. He said the player was as “strong as an ox”.
“He said my name words can’t describe what I just saw,” he added. “To see his wife, to be by his side was great.”
Kojo
msm = mainstream media
HH
TLWIO
AcronymsCSC
channel 4 to make a documentary
regarding rfc(ia) sfa etc
ticgaz on 20 March, 2012 at 12:31 said:
Don’t know if anyone has come in on this one yet.
If you can get a grip of a Toshiba RD-XV47 DVD player or something similar along with instruction manual..
You should be able to transfer recording from Virgin box to the dvd player which has an editing facility.
Might even help if you look up functions of various DVD players on internet.
Best of luck.
MSM = Main Stream Media Kojo
timbhoy2 on 20 March, 2012 at 13:21 said:
“we are not very good”
Please tell me that you’re not being serious with that comment, please?
My dear,dear,dear,friend..Aipple.
Thanks, a ton.. Pally.
Kojo
yer pal.. who likes ye aloater.
Still ,
Laughin’
quonno on 20 March, 2012 at 14:19 said:
Awe_Naw is on the case , Thanks for your reply.
Aipple
Happy birthday to you and my
beautiful 20yr old daughter
Hugh Adamnow added to this list of people I need to buy a pint if I ever meet them in a pub.
Hugh Adam
Alex Thomo
Paul 67(goes without saying)
Phil
Craig Whyte(for effect)
MON
Neil Lennon
Gordon Strachan(soft drink)
RTC
etc
The beers are on me. (after lent preferably)
play
The Token Tim on 20 March, 2012 at 14:13 said:
If the Mothers win on Saturday we can expect the first ‘fair’ referring performance in a Glasgow derby since 1888.
I’m sure though we scored two penalties at Parkhead during the game in which Owen Archdeacon nipped in between Woods and Nichol to make it 3-1. Chocky scored them both in the first half if I remember rightly. After scoring the second a hun r an onto the pitch to confront him. When asked what the hun had said to him McClair replied, “I couldn’t understand him!”
Is there any chance of the Killie game being canceled?
My dear,dear,dear,friend… Hamilton Tim, @ 14.19
Pal..
Ah am sure that you understaun, perfectly, whit
“We..(Meaning Celtic).. Ur No very Guid.”, as wiz said by
the Venerable.. Timbhoy..
Fur. ..Ah , soitenly .. dae,dae!
And.. Incidentally..
This Celtic Team.. is ..
Indeed..
“No Very Good.”
Fur..
We always.. Flinch.. Blink.. and Stumble..
When we Shouldnae~
And that.. It why..
Ah..agree wi’ Timbhoy..
when he says..
“We are No Very Good.”
Celtic, Need tae Pick it Up.. as Ma auld
Tidley Winks Coach.. used tae Hammer intae Us.
Kojo
yer pal…. who likes ye aloater.
Stil.. Laughin’
Hugh Adam tells the truth eventually and we are queuing up to buy him a pint. The guy that worked at Hun FC from 1971??? until 2001
WELCOME TO CIVILISATION HUGH
Is your time drawing near or summat ?
Hail Hail
The Spirit of Arthur Lee on 20 March, 2012 at 14:29 said:
Very much doubt that would happen but I can’t see Killie beating Motherwell anyway. They will be hungover and probably still reeling from the news of their team mates father.
Celtic just need to do the business at Ibrokes and make up for Sunday to the fans.
LB