Leading referee walks away

Steve Conroy has quit refereeing.

The 45-year-old was apparently unhappy at missing out on SPL appointments and contacted the SFA to inform them that he won’t be covering tomorrow’s Third Division fixture between Berwick Rangers and Queens Park.

Conroy is best remembered for his one and only Celtic v Rangers appointment in December 2009. Marco Fortune had a ‘goal’ disallowed for no apparent reason while Kyle Lafferty was only cautioned for a brutal over the ball foul on Andreas Hinkel.

Last season Conroy was given no SPL matches but appeared to be returning to favour this season with some top flight appointments including Celtic’s 3-3 draw at Kilmarnock in October.

In December he caused a storm by awarding Rangers a penalty at Ibrox against Dunfermline- a decision that was overturned by the SFA with Aluko serving a two match ban for diving.

That matched proved to be Conroy’s final SPL appearance with the authorities unwilling to risk too many honest mistakes in high profile matches.

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