Euan Norris refereeing statistics
Norris comes from the same Lanarkshire Refereeing Association that produced Willie Collum under the guidance of the disgraced Hugh Dallas.
With Dougie McDonald’s resignation last season Norris and others are getting pushed more into the spotlight- often without the experience required to handle the top fixtures that decide championships.
A look at Norris’ performances last season would suggest that the SFA should be monitoring his performances very closely.
A 4-0 win for Celtic would hardly be the starting point for assessing a poor refereeing performance but January’s convincing win over Hearts highlighted Norris at his worst.
Ian Black’s shocking off the ball lunge at Paddy McCourt is one strong memory from the night with the Hearts midfielder escaping with a only a booking.
At half-time Jim Jefferies substituted Rudi Skacel after apparently getting a warning from the linesman that the midfielder was likely to be sent off if he continued as he’d continued through the first half.
Celtic’s third goal scored by Anthony Stokes came after Hearts keeper Marian Kello had brought down Gary Hooper. Rather than award Celtic a penalty and send off the Hearts keeper Norris decided to play advantage.
Norris refereed three other Celtic matches last season including the 2-0 defeat at Motherwell in March when John Sutton scored twice, the second from a penalty.
Last season Norris refereed two Rangers games with Walter Smith’s winning both matches and scoring three penalties in the process.
Away to Kilmarnock in November Kenny Miller scored twice from the penalty spot in a 3-2 win for Rangers whilst in April Steven Whittaker took the honours from the penalty spot as Rangers edged past St Mirren 2-1.
Having awarded Rangers five penalties in three matches it’ll be interesting to see how long it takes the SFA to appoint him for another Rangers match.
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