John Beaton and Andrew Dallas are on the brink of delivering a World Record to Ibrox

After 23 months involving dozens of match officials John Beaton and Andrew Dallas have history on their shoulders today with a World Record within reach.

Just one more session of inspired defending mixed with honest mistakes and the Ibrox Tribute Act will surpass Barcelona’s 74 match run of not conceding a penalty in a league match.

It could be argued that with VAR in place for the majority of that run that the efforts of Giovanni van Bronckorst, Micky Beale and Philippe Clement has already surpassed peak-Barca.

An investigation is on going into consultancy payments made by Barcelona to a company run by the Head of Refereeing in La Liga, thankfully there are no financial inducements involved in the current Ibrox run.

Kevin Clancy was the last SFA referee to point to the spot against the Ibrox side in the SPFL, since that fateful night at Pittodrie almost two years ago Scott Brown and Allan McGregor have retired, Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent left Ibrox as free agents with the goalscorer, Lewis Ferguson moving to Italy, captaining Bologna and becoming the top scoring Scot in Serie A with more goals than Dennis Law, Joe Jordan and Graeme Souness.

Beaton has been key to several matches in the 74 match run, at Ibrox exactly a year ago he denied Celtic a penalty when Connor Goldson used both hands to save a Carl Starfelt shot.

Dallas has a long track record of knowing the script dating back to his schooldays, in February 2019 he set a new benchmark by awarding four penalties against St Mirren on a trip to Ibrox.