‘It’s farcical now, isn’t it?’ ‘Pattern of Assistance’ ‘It’s been normalised’ Bookies taking a bashing as Tavpen strikes again

Bookies were taking a pounding again last night as James Tavernier added another penalty to his total to see off St Johnstone at Ibrox.

Leading 1-0 against 10 men going into the final five minutes things were getting a bit edgy when Alan Muir settled the match just as the bookies thought that they might get a rare escape.

Tavpen can’t be placed as a single bet but punters are betting on a penalty and also Tavernier to score at any point to pay for anything ranging from electricity bills to Christmas shopping.

It is now 72 matches and 23 months since a penalty was awarded against the Ibrox side in the SPFL, since Philippe Clement took over eight penalties have been awarded in eight matches, all of them with the outcomes of the match in the balance.

There will be no Scottish referees at next year’s European Championships in Germany despite 24 countries taking part.

True Blue David Dickinson will referee Sunday’s match away to Motherwell as a birthday treat with the December 30 game against Celtic likely to go to Willie Collum or Nick Walsh. If Collum misses out it will be the 10th derby that he misses out on which suggests that he is getting eased out the picture, having served his purpose.

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