Steven McLean will referee next week’s match between Hearts and Celtic at Tynecastle. John Beaton refereed the two previous meetings between the clubs this season.
The Tynecastle fixture will be McLean’s first Celtic match of the season but the memories of his most infamous match are still vivid.
In April 2015 he refused to award Celtic a penalty at Hampden when Josh Meekings of Inverness Caley Thistle clearly handled a net-bound header from Leigh Griffiths. A red card should have been issued with Celtic being given a penalty and the chance to go 2-0 up and in contention for a Scottish Cup Final with Falkirk. The following year McLean was given the Scottish Cup Final which was won by Hibs.
On Sunday Kevin Clancy will referee the Celtic v Motherwell match with Tory MP Douglas Ross one of his assistants.
In December at Fir Park Clancy disallowed a ‘goal’ from Filip Benkovic for no apparent reason, the previous month he failed to discipline Dolly Menga for head-butting Ryan Christie, the SFA later issued the Livingston forward with a two match suspension.
