Watch the ‘missed’ Glasgow Derby penalty decisions of Cup Final officials Walsh and Beaton

The SFA gave a vote on no confidence to Willie Collum and Kevin Clancy when they announced the match officials for the Viaplay Cup Final on February 26.

As a consolation one of them will probably get the April 8 derby clash but in the competitive/bitching world of refereeing Collum and Clancy have been pushed down the ladder.

Nick Walsh, who took charge of the September meeting between the two Glasgow clubs will be in charge at Hampden with John Beaton, who refereed the last meeting between the clubs on VAR duty.

Penalty claims have been a major feature in the two fixtures this season, all of them going against Celtic. The SFA know what to expect from their cup final officials, the officials know what the SFA expects to be delivered.

Leading 1-0 in the 15^th minute Liel Abada was preparing a shot at goal when Ryan Kent ran across him from the back, sending the winger to the ground. Clearly the prospect of Celtic being 2-0 up with 75 minutes to play wasn’t one that the Bearsden PE teacher wanted to contemplate. Celtic haven’t been awarded a penalty at home in the SPFL this season, 12 matches.

In the final minute, trailing 4-0 Connor Goldson brutally sythes down Daizen Maeda. Walsh issues a yellow card, a similar incident involving Anthony Stewart and Fashion Sakala in the Viaplay Cup semi-final resulted in Walsh reaching for a red card.

At Ibrox in January John Beaton didn’t hesitate to the penalty spot as Fashio Sakala stood on the boot of Carl Starfelt, on VAR Willie Collum backed the decision with Tavpen putting the homeside into the lead.

Later in the same match Connor Goldson raised his hands to block a shot from Starfelt, after a very brief VAR consultation with Collum Beaton waved play on.