Spiers denies Ibrox taboo after BBC presenter breaks rank

Six days after Richard Gordon’s Press & Journal column was seized on by Internet Bampots, Graham Spiers has attempted to divert attention away from the penalty statistics that shame Scottish football.

As he put together the stats for a 68 match run without having a penalty awarded against them in the SPFL the Radio Scotland presenter concluded that there must be a bias from Scottish referees to produce that run.

Last season Celtic had seven penalties awarded against them including two in the first match involving VAR. Since Kevin Clancy awarded Aberdeen a penalty against the Ibrox Tribute Act in January 2022 there has been two changes of UK Prime Minister, two new Messiah’s at Ibrox and a UK Coronation.

Despite the overwhelming evidence that something isn’t quite right Spiers has used Gordon’s column to cast doubt on his role at BBC Scotland, the unwavering backers of all things Ibrox led by Kenny Macintyre, Alasdair Lamont, Jane Lewis, Steven Thompson, Kenny Miller and Neil McCann with House Paddy Tom English to tick inclusivity boxes.

It is an interesting angle, Gordon looks like following the bolshie Jim Spence out the door but since the article was published the run without a penalty has risen to 70, closing in on the Barcelona record of 74 which has resulted in an investigation over £7m paid to a consultancy run by the Head of Spanish referees.

For all but two weeks of the 70 match run the Ibrox club have been the second best team in Scotland. Under van Bronckhorst, Beale and Clement fans have hardly been treated to peak Barca.

Clancy will be back in charge of matters today when Dundee visit Ibrox, with the mainstream unable to resist a matter being monitored match by match by the Bampots the pressure grows on referees not to become the first to apply the Laws of the Game to an Ibrox defender.

In April 2021 Euan Anderson ended a 44 match run of no penalties being awarded against the Ibrox side when he pointed to the spot for St Johnstone in a 1-1 draw against Steven Gerrard’s side.

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