A referee’s job is to apply the Laws of the Game which runs for 90 minutes with additional time added on for stoppages. Fairly simple really.
Steven McLean has been doing it for years, most famously at the 2015 Scottish Cup semi-final between Celtic and Inverness Caley Thistle. His reward for that performance was to get the 2016 final although it didn’t urn out well.
Yesterday in the second half at Tannadice the match had to be restarted five times after each Celtic goal.
There were four breaks for substitutions. United made three substitutions in the 58th minute then another in the 63rd minute. Celtic made four switches in the 63rd minute then another in the 78th minute.
A. Don’t like Celtic or Rangers.
B. Referee Steven McLean needs asking why he only gave 1 minute stoppage time in a half of 5 goals and 4 substitution stoppages.
C. It’s not his job to feel sorry for a team losing 9-0, it’s his job to referee the match per the Laws of the Game.
— Tim Graham (@tashkentterror) August 28, 2022
Celtic consolidate the two-point lead at the top of the table after edging a nine-goal thriller against Dundee United at Tannadice.
Steven McLean is paid to referee matches fairly – not to feel sorry for the losing team by adding on just one minute in a game that had nine subs.
— DON’T T4OUBLE T4EBLE (@SteinReigned) August 28, 2022
Steven McLean deciding to ignore the laws of the game by playing 1 minute if extra time. #stoptheten ?
— Brian Doyle (@Stoneysnapper) August 28, 2022
10 subs. 4 second half goals.
50 seconds added ???????
Steven McLean is beelin’
— ?? ? (@p_bov1) August 28, 2022
Despite the other usual breaks in play McLean added on 60 seconds for four substitution breaks and five re-starts.
Either he has a very serious problem with time or he wanted to cut the game short. The match deserved three or four minutes added time, there is nothing in the Laws of the Game about cutting the game short if one team is getting hammered.
What do yous expect from the mclean family his brother played for deadco 1872 this is why our board should start open there mouths stoodie excepting we got the 3 points thats what i hate about our board full of cowards were as mr scum parks complains everytime so celtic board grow a pair of balls.
Correct and turns my stomach we use those buses that in itself is a disgrace especially after his ” the other part of the ” o f” ” bs to explain away that poison wrecking Glasgow city centre twice!! And we employ that!! Digusts me!
Lol Richard Foster was demanding that both Hearts players last week remain on the park as it was 89th and 90th minute of the game and Celtic had won it.
What more can you say.
Our Chairman is a Mason. What do you expect him to do? Call out his Brothers? It hasn’t happened and it isn’t going to happen! So long as you allow the likes of him and/or his sworn alliances in top positions of Office at Celtic Park, all you will ever get is compliance to the status quo in Scottish Football. When that bum leaves in December, we should insist he is not replaced by another suited, vested mannequin! Otherwise, we will get another one! We should also clear out the others if we want to return to our founding principles. I can think of one or two!
McLean? Yes, I had a bath this morning!
The penalty he never awarded us at Hampden was the same as the sending off Robertson never did either. Both were blatant and could only be attributed to cheating!
Jeez guys…we know the Lanarkshire Mob are theRangers twelfth man..but if this is the worst they do…
No doubt about it, McLean cut the game short but we had a good 10 mins to score the 10th (& should have done if McGregor hadn’t done his usual in putting too much swerve on his shot – he was superb otherwise, by the way.)
This the mindset passed down from huns like Dallas and clark, it’s a power play and a total disgrace Clark did it in a game v the poison in april 2002 added no time on as we chased a winner he has dined out on this story to it’s the game big Johan and rickson got sent off ” I decided enough was enough” so he blew on 90 as we had a corner!! We all know how it works in this little bigoted land and they dress it up like there some school master that knows best or showing false sincerity! Its bs never happens anywhere else! Tho it’s time the ” stop clock ” system was brought in anyway which in turn would sort out cloens like butter fingers Gordon( God did he actually play for our Great club) ! Weirdo! Tho he bagged a wee wannabe wag eh so not just double trebles that big weirdo got , wish that never set foot in our Great club never worthy in a million years and a bottle job to boot as he proved on many big European nights
Clowns like ” butter fingers ” Gordon I meant
Clowns like ” butter fingers” Gordon I meant
Where is my comments?