The boys of 2016 as Mark Warburton loses the Scottish Cup Final to Hibs
Bobby Madden has been forced to step down from the lucrative UEFA circuit following the Malta v Estonia Nations League match on Thursday night.Â
That was the sixth UEFA pay day for the East Kilbride based referee who will now concentrate on his appointments with the SFA and Greek League.Â
Madden refereed six European matches in the season just finished and probably picked up fees and expenses as a fourth official for other matches.Â
@videocelts @CelticBlog2018 @Alan_Morrison67 His last game he referees when we played Sevco was a disgrace. https://t.co/kjqumifIBC
— Celtic SC ©®™ (@Celtic67Fins72) June 11, 2022
With UEFA paying $6,500US for Champions League group matches and $10,000US for knock out ties Madden will be taking a serious income hit, in the season just finished Willie Collum was expected to be paid $96,000 US from UEFA on top of very generous expenses.Â
Last season Madden was in charge of seven Celtic matches including six of Ange Postecoglou’s first 24 SPFL Premiership matches.Â
He started out at Tynecastle wrongly disallowing a ‘goal’ from Liel Abada and allowing his podcast buddy Andy Halliday free reign on Callum McGregor. At Hampden in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup John Lundstram was allowed a free pass by the East Kilbride based referee.Â
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Andy Halliday & Bobby Madden #pals pic.twitter.com/CNCQf91wwF
— We Won It First ?? (@liamt67) July 31, 2021
How did honest Bobby settle this? Not the sort of pressure you want to take onto the football pitch where you require perfect split second judgement.https://t.co/KI8BJFUSV6
— Joe McHugh (@videocelts) June 11, 2022
Bobby Madden’s Ross County vs Celtic absence explained as SFA forced to apologise over Covid-19 blunder https://t.co/dZtJdRDMJk pic.twitter.com/xVsrlRophh
— Scottish Sun Sport (@scotsunsport) February 21, 2021
Willie collum, John Beaton and Bobby Madden officials in the Shakhtar and Roma game ??
— Carzybear. (@Carzy1994) February 21, 2018
The lack of publicity about the greek three covid shambles was a disgrace from scotlands media shame they should have been all over it to hold the sfa to account.why did it not happen. The celtic board also neglected their duty by their silence.
Lol MIDDEN heading to be declared BANKRUPT and still allowed to officiate in football matches.
Now if ever there was a reason for bribes to fix a match then here it is looking right back at you in MIDDEN.
Scottish football CORRUPT to the core,remember your buying into a fixed game.
That’s why I loved us not qualifying for the World Cup less money for the CHEATS in charge at the SFA over Hunden.
Corrupt as Madden is, unlike cheats like Dallas, Collum, Robertson and Ross, he at least has never denied his loyalty to Scotland’s youngest club.
The others are just arrogant and ignorant enough to assume we are all just stupid!