Going for 55- It is now 52 SPFL matches without a penalty as Connor Goldson goes all in
Back in January 2021 Lewis Ferguson scored with a penalty against Allan McGregor, the next day Sky Sports were handed the leaked letter of complaint from Ibrox to the SFA.
52 matches later the message is louder than ever, applying the Laws of the Game to award a penalty against the Ibrox Tribute Act isn’t going to advance the career of any referee.
That night at Pittodrie Stephen Glass was the Aberdeen manager with Scott Brown in the thick of the action on the pitch, like goalscorer Ferguson they have all moved on but not Scottish football, the SFA and in particular Crawford Allan and Ian Maxwell.
Rangers DO have an incredible run of no penalties.
It’s the 2nd run in a little over 3 years.
1st run of 44 games not conceding a penalty in the league was January 2020 to April 2021.
2nd run of 51 (a record in Scotland) from January 2022 to present day. https://t.co/C2hMsdz7nW pic.twitter.com/aYzKagbfeG
— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) May 8, 2023
Yesterday’s penalty claim involving Connor Goldson and Duk is one of the most blatant in the 51 match run.
For about four seconds the defender is pulling and pushing at his opponent, the assistant on the Main Stand side as well as John Beaton decided not to apply the Laws of the Game. A red card should have accompanied the award of a penalty.
On VAR Steven Kirkland took the same approach, with four matches left of this season it looks like the penalty-less run will extend into next season.
This season seven penalties have been awarded against Celtic in the SPFL, all since the introduction of VAR in October.
Sadly other than some token comments from Barry Robson after the match no real action is expected. Twitter users Dave Cormack and Allan Burrows are expected to be on mute, much like Ian Bankier, Michael Nicholson and Peter Lawwell.