The double standards of referee Donald Robertson

The incidents may be four and a half years apart but the Laws of the Game haven’t changed.

From the first whistle to the last they stay the same. Whether Barrie Mackay kicks Tony Ralston on the shin in the second minute or Adam Montgomery tackles Gary Mackay-Steven in the 85^th minute nothing changes.

In April 2016 Celtic fans first became aware of Donald Robertson. In a low key match away to Ross County Brendan Rodgers’ squad were on their way to a 2-1 victory when the man with the whistle decided to intervene.

With 89 minutes on the clock County forward Alex Shalk didn’t even both running into Erik Sviatchenko, with the Dane more than a yard away he threw himself to the ground with Robertson obliging by pointing to the penalty spot

Robertson also had time to send off Scott Brown.

Yesterday at Tannadice, the man that awarded a penalty for Schalk’s dive watched Callum Butcher apply his full bodyweight onto David Turnbull. Robertson decided to award a yellow card.