Leading photographer Jeff Holmes has helpfully provided the SFA with evidence to give Alfredo Morelos a retrospective suspension.
Holmes can be found at all of the major sporting events in Scotland and had his lens focused on the action at Ibrox.
think this is called off the ball incident @ClydeSSB @AlisonGConroy @SkynyrdScotland @VSCSC1888 pic.twitter.com/6gTcQGE1vX
— jeff holmes (@jeffholmes24) December 30, 2018
Two game ban then if @spfl is consistent and there is a level playing field up here… pic.twitter.com/Lzme0oGoKp
— Jonathan More (@jonathanjcmore) December 30, 2018
The punch on Christie came in the closing minutes at Ibrox, shortly after Morelos had got away with raking his studs over Anthony Ralston’s back.
Assistant referee David Roome, who was groomed into the game by Bobby Madden, was close to the punch but decided to keep his flag down. Earlier on he had noticed a marginal offside decision when Callum McGregor put the ball in the net.
Morelos seemed to under special protection at Ibrox, committing four red card offences without as much as a warning from referee John Beaton. The match referee plus East Kilbride duo Madden and Roome are all members of the influential Lanarkshire Referees Association who supply the SFA with 57% of the FIFA rated referees.
The SFA Compliance Officer has never handed out concurrent suspensions but has four Morelos incidents to review when she returns from her festive break.
