Tam McManus has given a short and accurate reply to a whimpering interview with Andrew Dallas.
The son of Hugh has given an interview to The Sun explaining the heartbreak and pain he went through having to give up on his refereeing money-spinner, only to be rescued by a very convenient appointment from the SFA as a full time VAR official.
The recruitment process involved remains a secret.
Andrew managed to find himself on the FIFA list at the age of 31 without having refereed a single Celtic match, an incredible rise through the ranks thanks to Daddy and membership of the Lanarkshire Refereeing Association.
His appointments were regularly marked by controversy over his failure to grasp the rules, in the 2013/14 season he forgot to record a booking for Ian Black in his match report which allowed the Ibrox star to escape a suspension.
Famously in February 2019 he awarded four penalties against St Mirren in a game at Ibrox, earlier that season he came to the rescue with two penalties in the last 10 minutes to ease Steven Gerrard’s side through to victory away to Hamilton.
He was useless? https://t.co/vF6MZr8s03
— Tam McManus (@The_Tman10) October 19, 2023
In December 2020 Andrew was scheduled to take charge of a League Cup tie at St Mirren but suffered a sore leg in the warm up. David Dickinson stepped in with Gerrard’s side losing 3-2 to end their treble hopes.
The following day at Ross Hall Hospital Dallas was told that he needed a hip replacement operation or to take nine months rest, an incredible verdict on someone at the age of 37 that had been picking up refereeing fees all of his adult life.
Dallas tried to battle on the following season, in an emotional gesture the SFA gave him his final match at Ibrox on May 11 for the visit of Ross County, fittingly James Tavernier scored from a penalty in the 29th minute.
Soon afterwards Andrew and his family suffered dehydration issues on holiday in Spain, Aaron Ramsey’s penalty wasn’t retaken.
On Sunday Dallas will be on VAR duty for Celtic’s match away to Hearts.
Gave 4 pens to his favourite team in one game. 2 of them were outside the box. His dad is a known sectarian bigot who lost his job for sending anti catholic emails around the SFA.
Our game is better off without him and his father.
— Opus Dei (@RyanTodd1978) October 19, 2023
There’s more than him. Walsh !!!
— Alan Maclean (@Aber87) October 19, 2023
And his Dad couldn’t keep bailing him out?
— SeanAFCTHFC (@kintoredon) October 19, 2023
Disgraceful, gravy train all right. Amazing the number of surnames that we know of old that have positions in the SFA. Corrupt and useless!
— kilMARKnock (@k1lMARKnock) October 19, 2023
It does make you wonder,
just where would Scottish football be today,
IF the SFA had always been an independent, strong, professionally run governing body?
Instead we’ve got the top 2 leadership roles – given – to mates from Partick Thistle and Alloa Athletic!
Great article Joe…You would think the info it contains, would prompt our Board to do something about it…Aye you would think alright…As for the recruitment process…I can confirm that Brotherly love plays an important part.
Corrupt and a bigot just like his old man
It’s scandalous that c*nt is still being wheeled out for interviews and opinions on football
It’s AMAZING what a TICKLY HANDSHAKE can get you.
On another matter now apparently Birmingham are coming in with a bid of £20 million in January for Butland.
Ha!
A cynic might suggest that sevco is just trying to drum up interest in their only decent / sellable player?
If they can sell Butlan in January, then that could be Clement’s transfer budget?
But he’s just arrived, so story sounds a bit far-fetched…even for sevco! 🙂
Who remembers Bobby Hun Tait…??…He refereed one of my games back in the late 70’s …and afterwards he came up to me and said…” Terry I’ve been made up to Grade 1…So when you lot are singing Who’s the Mason in the black….You’ll be able to tell them its me…”…He was a creepy wee guy…True story.
Aye Tait gave an extra 10 minutes for Sevco (sorry actually it was Rangers back then) to score in the penultimate game of season 1997/98 and here Ally Mitchell banged one in for Kilmarnock instead…
Thanks Boaby (ya dick) for inadvertently going a long way to blowing the ten for Rangers as they were known as back then !!!
Worked overseas since 2004 and now remarried send living in Asia.
Former Gers supporters now admit to me they “had they had the rub of the green”
Now I do not care, but many supporters were cheated of celebrations by a single person.
Oh and I got the Masonic handshake from a certain Tiny Wharton…and there’s a classic photo of him and John Greig sharing a handshake of Brotherly love…being watched by Billy McNeil…It’s a miracle that we’ve achieved so much in the face of such bias and bigotry.
“Useless” would be more than flattering for “Fourpenny Dallas”!