Celtic fans were sickened by the announcement on Tuesday that Andrew Dallas and John Beaton will be teaming up for Sunday’s match away to Dundee.
While James Bisgrove tells the SFA what officials aren’t acceptable Michael Nicholson assumes his favourite position at the back of the bus, looking down at his feet and wondering what Peter will think.
After Beaton’s performance at Ibrox a Celtic source told the Daily Record that the club had been in touch with the SFA over the way VAR had been in operation at Ibrox.
Surprise! Surprise! Nothing has been heard since on the issue while over the same weekend Aberdeen issued a detailed statement over the VAR guessing game that denied them a late winning goal away to Livingston.
It is impossible to come to any other conclusion than Celtic are all-in with the Levelling Up exercise to manufacture a competitive O** F*** battle for honours.
Beaton / Dallas dream team for Dens on Sunday pic.twitter.com/BJJGfkp2DE
— RhebelRhebel (@RhebelRhebel) April 23, 2024
Since his performance at Ibrox on April 7 Beaton hasn’t refereed any other match. With 18 referees taking charge of Premiership matches this season Crawford Allan has given the man from the Crown Bar back-to-back Celtic fixtures.
? “Penalty Rangers”
Celtic chief Michael Nicholson’s cutting reply when quizzed on referees and VAR at AGMhttps://t.co/6vJYJ8p66Ihttps://t.co/6vJYJ8p66I
— Scottish Sun Sport (@scotsunsport) November 22, 2023
At matchday 34 Beaton will referee his sixth SPFL match involving Celtic, he was also on VAR for the defeat at Tynecastle.
With Willie Collum out of bounds for matches involving Philippe Clement’s side Beaton has had three of their matches since the turn of the year, the same number as the like minded David Dickinson.
Allan quite happy to appoint John Beaton to @CelticFC games to prove a point but you never see Collum or Clancy near a Rangers game. Stinks.
— John F (@johnf2008) April 23, 2024
biggest threat is Dallas. How can you remain Neutral after what happened to his bigoted dad
— Don Kideoni ??????? ?? ?? ?? (@ayremeraldcsc) April 23, 2024
You couldn’t make it up Beaton should be nowhere near our games
— Brennan Bhoy (@BrennanMatin) April 23, 2024
What we should be worried is not beaton. But why is Dallas taken from sevco match to ours
— Tom (@tomcelticfc) April 23, 2024
???? so obvious
— 1967 sean c (@Seancarlin16) April 23, 2024
Something stinks with the regularity of getting Robertson and Beaton since the Tynecastle debacle. Is there no other referees available?
— MBhoy66 ???????? (@EmmJNor) April 23, 2024
It wouldn’t be a surprise if the Hate-ometer reading went off the scale on Sunday with whats coming towards Beaton, Dallas and The SFA.
They should include Nicholson as their ass-wipe in-chief.
While Lord Lucan-Nicholson sits at the back of the bus looking at his shoes, I’ll also be at the back of the bus looking down on ma booze bag and selecting whether to get the lager in the lucozade bottle out or the whisky in the Diet Irn-Brewery out to pleasure ma journey to watch honest Championship footy in England this weekend…
And it’ll all be paid for by what used to be cash towards ma Celtic season ticket that I chucked back…
Perhaps I’m being a tad unfair to Lord Lucan-Nicholson as it was Daddy Lawwell that said nothing when Doncaster stated that ‘Rangers’ (his word for sure and certainly not mine) were the same club – Absolutely –
Anyway that was it for me and I’ll enjoy spending ma cash on other ‘projects’ like going to see an unfashionable Championship Club instead…
But I’ll still have a Celtic connection on the way down with The Irish Folk and Irish Rebel music on The iPod !!!
They will do whatever is required to give a little help to there friends. What is not surprising is the silence from our board. Time for big changes in that department and get the lot of them out.
As alluded to, you have now got to assume Celtic are complicit in the whole scam that is Scottish football. They have avenues available to challenge this, from sporting courts/bodies to the civil courts, on many grounds, but refuse to do anything, not even make statements. Last season for me, won’t watch a rigged game any longer.
Got to agree with you Jim,every other team in spfl are now starting to question refs,var etc,not the Huns or minihuns but others ,why are Celtic sitting so afraid to stick there head above the parapet, complicity as you stated,and their up to their necks in it ,never saw the 5 way agreement,says big Pete,aye my arse he never,our board are even worse than sevcos at they stick up for the team ,our board sitting shiting themselves in case underhand dealings with SFA SPFL get raised.
Anyone fancy a guess who’s getting the nod for the cup final ,
surnames,
REF ,starts with B
VAR, starts with D
See, see the worst thing about all this cheating is that it’s our supporters that have to take all that shite right in front of them from MIB/SMSM whilst Lawwell does nothing and he’s milked us for more than enough to retire in clover any time he chooses. Justice dictates that wont happen but we’ll maybe need to wait and see but the justice to which I refer is not necessarily the type doled out by the masons in the courts. I kinda trust and prefer the ‘poetic’ kind and sincerely hope Lawwell comes head on into contact with it in the near future.
Hail! Hail! The Glasgow Celtic. Fukk all the tories on the board.
this is the most dangerous fixture of the lot , these crooks won’t get the next two games so this is their last chance to stop us winning the league , expect a penalty , a sending off and the break up of the game to stop celtic , Rodgers must allude to this game being reffed competently
VAR has become contentious in countries where broadcasters have a bias for ‘establishment’ clubs, particularly through the editing and manipulation of footage.