Herald reporter pushes for Hibs to face Twitter charge

The Glasgow Times are reporting that Hibs could be charged by the SFA over a tweet sent from Ibrox yesterday.

After 20 minutes David Dickinson and Andrew Dallas came up with a penalty decision for the sort of routine contact that is seen in every match at every level whenever the ball is crossed into the goalmouth.

While Goldson’s Law is applied religiously to create runs of 64 and 75 SPFL matches without conceding a penalty at the other end of the park a penalty can be conjured up out of next to nothing.

Wise cracking Michael Nicholson got the gags rolling at the Celtic AGM without any punishment, yesterday Hibs came up with the perfectly innocent tweet that prompted Matthew Lindsay of the Herald/Glasgow Times into action.

Glasgow Times reports:

It was a cheeky dig which suggested it was only a matter of time before the home team were awarded a penalty – however it could land the capital outfit in hot water with Scottish football’s governing body.

The SFA rule book clearly stipulates that clubs cannot include any criticism of match officials which indicates bias or incompetence on the part of a match official in their social media output.

Rule 29.1 states: “A club or recognised football body which publishes, distributes, issues, sells or authorises a third party to publish, distribute, issue or sell a match programme or any other publication or audio/visual material, including but not limited to the internet, social networking or micro-blogging sites, shall be held responsible for all matters contained therein.”

There are of course no SFA rules preventing clubs from using their media messengers to request that certain referees aren’t allowed to be involved in their SPFL matches.

Willie Collum has been overlooked for the last 12 rounds of SPFL fixtures involving Philippe Clement’s side, David Dickinson has refereed three since the winter break.