Former SFA ref calls for retrospective Hampden red card!

Des Roache has called for Liel Abada to be given a retrospective red card for his Hampden simulation.

The Celtic substitute was booked for taking a dive just outside the penalty box with absolutely no complaints about that decision from the player or any of his team-mates.

It wasn’t a good look for Abada who has excelled in the Glasgow derby but Roache and the Daily Record decided that the issue was worth highlighting.

The Record reports:

Discussing the Celtic flashpoint, Roache told Grosvenor Sport said: “It’s a bug-bear of mine and I will be consistent. He should be given a retrospective red card for cheating.

“He knew what he was doing and you could see how sheepish he looked when Nick Walsh brought out the yellow card, which is the current tariff for this offence. I really hate simulation and I think the only way you are going to get rid of blatant cheating is to make it a red card offence.”

At no time in the history has simulation been a red card offence, mostly players escape unpunished but bookings are handed out.

Nick Walsh managed to referee the match without any controversy or issues with just a flurry of yellow cards in the closing stages.

Roache’s refereeing career never reached any real heights with his final matches in the lower divisions coming at the start of the 2013/14 season.

These days he seems to be trying to create a career in the media with a regular podcast alongside Steve Conroy.

CLICK HERE for Roache’s refereeing career details.