Willie Collum will referee Celtic’s League Cup semi-final against Kilmarnock at Hampden on Saturday January 14.
The appointment comes less than a fortnight after the Lanarkshire based official was on VAR duty in the Glasgow Derby where Celtic were denied a second half penalty when Connor Goldson handled a shot from Carl Starfelt.
Collum had access to all of the cameras from Sky Sports but decided against getting John Beaton to review the incident, believing that no clear and obvious error had occurred.
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How should Celtic deal with the SFA over VAR?
Quietly in the background, the Bankier way
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Publish detailed complaints after every match on club website
Celtic go to Hampden looking to defend the trophy that they won last season against Hibs, Ange Postecoglou’s first trophy in Scotland.
Pitchside Collum will have the relatively inexperienced Grant Irvine as Fourth Official while Greg Stewart will be on VAR duty.
Celtic meet Kilmarnock at home on Saturday with Nick Walsh in charge, the Bearsden based PE teacher will be in charge of the other League Cup semi-final when Micky Beale’s side take on Aberdeen at Hampden on January 15.
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Thats why collum is has been picked yet again honest because he’s hopeless so i take it killie will get atleast 2 penalties and mr n.walsh will be choking to help killie as much as he can well sorry to say this the celtic fans are getting fed up with they corrupt bastards at hampden sfa.spfl and there masonic officials cheating us i can honest see fans going mental with these c****** b****
As sad as the wee PRIK is Killie are PISH! The 5-0 at theirs proved that! I suspect we’ll take 6 or 7 aff them Sat & the same at HAMPDUMP!!
Supporters should hit Collum with a torrent of abuse verbally all game.
Because the celtic board are happy on the back seat.
the coward gollum must not never ever ref a celtic game ever again , the green brigade can end him and the beast !!
They don’t give a fuck … appointing him to ref our next game n the rangers b team coach to ref their semi final is a fuck off to us n the club …brazen as fuck
That’s a slap on the face and a ” get to the back of the bus celtic ” from these kints. And what will we do? Sit down and take it of course.
After Monday can Celtic not ask for him not to referee our matches for the rest of the season…
After all Sevco did a while back and got exactly what they wanted…
So why the hell cant we !
Editor: When the Celtic directors let Steven McLean off with it following the Inverness CT semi-final in 2015 they set a precedent, the SFA know that there might be a statement or whisper to a friendly reporter but no chance of action.
Get a grip, this tosser shouldn’t be allowed near Celtic Park. He’s a biased individual, He carries a chip on his shoulder, and over the years he has tried to show us who he is? He is supposed to be a NEUTRAL, yet we get all the wee nyaffs dubious decisions.
Now we have Var, he can hide away and show his NLRA pals how to sucker punch us with the most despicable decisions ever handed out to one team.
Expel him from our stadium. The SFA and Maxwell, we need to expel them as well. They are the fan club for the Klan at Ipox.