Quantcast
Blogs

Steven Craven: The real reasons why I resigned

|

Former SFA referee Steven Craven has rubbished claims that abuse for his family forced him to resign from the SFA or that he had fitness problems.

After Craven had offered to resign following the cover-up over Celtic’s on/off penalty at Tannadice it was suggested that his children had been subjected to abuse from Celtic supporters.

Other reports claimed that after three ankle operations he was no longer upto the task of refereeing matches.

In today’s Sunday Mail the former referee sets the record straight.

He said:  “I’ve had three ankle operations but this has nothing to do with fitness- I’ve never failed a fitness test in 14 years. It’s also not down to family reasons.

“My 14-year-old son Andrew supports Rangers and my 14-year-old son Ross supports Celtic.

“Andrew attends a Catholic school with around 1,500 other kids. Only four or five of them support Rangers at the school.

“A friend phoned me to say that he’d heard Andrew was getting some stick at school because his dad had allegedly chalked off a penalty for Celtic.

“I asked Andrew about it. He told me he’d received one or two bits of verbal abuse but nothing he couldn’t handle. I told him I’d put my kids first but he assured me it wasn’t too bad.

“There was also a bit in a newspaper that stated refs are ready to quit because of pressure put on officials by SPL managers. That’s wrong.

“Yes morale is low, rock bottom in fact but it is down to pressure put on some officials by Dallas.

“I’m a 42-year-old man and not prepared to go through this mental torture for another 90 minutes.

“I was not prepared to be treated like a kid and bullied. I wanted to go out on my terms, to keep my sanity and my dignity.”

Steven Craven- We Lied to Lenny

John Hartson- I’m sorry there could be a conspiracy

Follow Video Celts on TwitterFacebook and YouTube

Videocelts Extension Button

Share this article

Online and independent- the only way to be. Enjoying instant news access and reaction, following the trends if not an influencer!

0 comments

  • Patman says:

    It has to be said, fair play to craven. That’s a big f*** you to Dallas and the sfa who have now been revealed as a bunch as cheating slimy b******s. Nothing we didn’t know already! Paranoid? Who?

    Hail hail Steven craven.

Comments are closed.