Nick Walsh goes into tomorrow’s Celtic v Kilmarnock match having helped overturn the red card that he issued to Marvin Bartley of Hibs in last week’s defeat from Ayr United.
Neil Lennon was furious after the match in which his side lost their 100% record but acknowledged the honesty of referee Walsh.
In previous cases officials have generally closed rank to maintain the notion that referees never make mistakes that impact on matches.
With the red card overturned Bartley is now available for Hibs’ trip to face Queen of the South tomorrow.
After the decision was made Lennon said: “I am delighted with that and I doff my cap to the Compliance Officer and the referee.
“We were told that they both had a look at it and decided to downgrade it to a yellow — which we thought was appropriate at the time. Unfortunately it had a big bearing on the game.
“We can’t do anything about that, but at least we have Marvin for the weekend now. That’s all you want from a referee and, aside from that, I thought he had a pretty decent game.
“It is a big decision and has changed the game, but at least he has come out and admitted to it so we move on.
“Marvin has been a massive presence. He is not the most technically gifted but he does a great job for us in there. He is terrific at winning the ball back, athletic and has a physicality about him.
“You could see we missed that when he went off against Ayr. We were well on the ascendancy before he went off.”
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