Blundering Collum under attack again over penalty decisions

Blundering Willie Collum was the target of criticism from Aberdeen and Inverness Caley Thistle as the two teams drew 2-2 at Pittodrie.

Last week Collum was slated for awarding penalties to Falkirk and Sevco as the Bairns won 2-1 with Scotland’s Euro 2016 ref giving another below par performance today.

Two minutes into the second half Aberdeen were furious when Inverness were awarded a penalty with Greg Tansey converting to put the visitors two goals ahead.

Despite a goal from Niall McGinn in the 73^rd minute it took a stopage time penalty from Adam Rooney to give the home side a point with Caley Thistle boss John Hughes angered by that decision.

John Hughes said: “Danny Devine is in there adamant that the ball hit him in the midriff, but I will reserve judgement on that because I think Willie is right up there with the best of officials.

“I just hope he’s got it right. It would be hard to take if it wasn’t, and I’m quite sure he has. We’ll hold our judgement until we see it on the TV.”

Derek McInnes said: “We lose a penalty kick at the start of the second half and it’s not a penalty for me. The boy has jumped into Paul Quinn and Paul hasn’t done anything.

“He’s not tried to impede him, so for me it is a really soft penalty. For me, the referee hasn’t got a clear view of it because of Ryan Jack’s position.

“The linesman should help him there. I’m not exactly sure who gave it, so it makes the task more difficult and, at 2-0 down, it looks like it’s going to go against us.”

“We should get another penalty in the last minute when Carl Tremarco handballs it and, at the very least, we deserved a draw.”

It seems that regardless of his performances, with game changing mistakes on a weekly basis Collum is routinely given the top domestic matches to referee.

On Wednesday he will referee the Dundee v Celtic match at Dens Park which will be televised live by BT Sport.