It was summed up perfectly by one incident midway through the second half with Celtic pushing for an equaliser.
The St Johnstone defender cleared the ball out for a corner, as Jota prepared to send the ball into the penalty box he was told that play was to restart with a throw-in!
Corner flags are in place for exactly that type of decision, they are not in place for decoration.
Either Dickinson didn’t see where the ball went out or he was having an Alan Muir moment.
Ian Crocker of Sky Sports thought that it was highly amusing, Greg Taylor less so with the Celtic defender booked soon after for time wasting.
Time-wasting ref David Dickinson let St Johnstone goalkeeper Fisher off with vs Celtic last 20 minutes w/out 1 warning shocking. 20s+ is supposed to be auto ?. 7 times in last 20mins: 22s to punt; 41s by kick; 43s to punt; 21s to punt; 22s to punt; 35s goal kick; 24s to punt… pic.twitter.com/Xg0cTfSLA1
— The Global Tablet of Jurisprudence (@gtj1247) April 6, 2025
Celtic had a horrendous day yesterday, none of the players got more than a 6 out of 10 but regardless of their form they are entitled to have the Laws of the Game fully implemented, that includes time wasting.
The tweet above details how the fans were cheated out of playing time during the second half. Sky Sports picked up on a club official telling ball boys to remain seated.
It took almost four minutes for Drey Wright to receive treatment then be substituted, time was lost when Yang Hyun-jun received treatment.
Substitutions were made in the 61st, 67th and 76th minutes. Dickinson added five minutes on.
After the pain of Hibs winning at Ibrox Uncle David in Australia would have got a kick out of Celtic’s defeat to St Johnstone, as would most of Dickinson’s family.
The big prize awaits, with the final Glasgow Derby of the season likely to be a dead rubber Dickinson is the favourite among the emerging referees in the Willie Collum stable to be added to the rota for the most coveted fixture in Scottish football.
#DavidDickinson
This man should never be allowed to officiate at a Celtic game ever again ???? pic.twitter.com/K2mOYK7XGn— GrandAuldTeam ? (@Celtic67Champs) November 6, 2023
Not that I expected us to do anything with it…but I anticipated 8 or 9 additional minutes…then when I saw 5…it was a WTF moment…But here’s the thing…Did BR query this…??..I would be raging if it was me standing there…It was blatant cheating…no other word for it…Oh and Sevco got 7 minutes against Hibs.
Editor: I think that Rodgers has bigger battles. It is on the Celtic board that someone with Dickinson’s DNA is constantly involved in matches involving the top two clubs and climbing the ladder held up by Willie Collum.
I would have thought that that would be in his remit…and should have been queried…Sevco got 7 for not a lot. But I agree absolutely about your Dickinson and our Board situation…Shameful that its tolerated.
He’s a blatant cheat simple as
We know that Joe…so why is he still there…??…Our Board is not fit for purpose
Editor: Since 21.01 on 26/7/2012 our cowardly board has been hostages to whatever the SFA wish to throw our way.
…which is why I’m still confused.
There must have been a fair bit of jiggery-pockery around the circumstances around Sevco being allowed to play Brechin City – and before The Rangers was incorporated?
Insurance, player registration [ha!], and even the name of the away team on the Sevco Team sheet must have been ‘compromised’?
But, if our club was complicit in facilitating the ibrox club’s return, then most of that blame can be laid squarely at Lawwell’s door?
Unless I’m missing something else…?
Yeah…but it’s getting to the unacceptable stage…surely ??..Time for banners calling it out ?
Joe, would you explain your answer to TN please for clarity as I really don’t understand it.
I know all about the events of Thurs 26th/Friday 27th July 2012, I made a study of the whole affair and have all sorts of proof as I’ve mentioned before, many times.
It’s almost certain Lawwell knew everything yet says he’s “never seen the 5-Way etc.) I know it was also emailed to Eric Riley on 26th July.
But WHY is Celtic’s hands tied when they’re not mentioned in the 5-Way. The 5 were SFA/SPL/SFL/Charles Green for Sevco Scotland Limited and the Administrators of Rangers (IA). I’ve called it out as fraud as that’s what I believe it is but Celtic’s part, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, was just to nod along with it. So why are we in more trouble than the rest of them? I’d really appreciate your take here and you’ve got my private email address if it’s better doing it privately, but please respond.
Editor: Celtic know that if they kick off about referees and other issues related to the SFA some of the highly damaging paperwork from July 2012 might just leak out. No one at Celtic wants supporters to find out exactly what went on during those dark, secretive days. Although titled the Five Way Agreement there is a decent argument for replacing Five with Six.
Thanks for your reply, Joe. I fully understand an open forum is not the best place to be candid, generally. If you don’t mind I’ll get back to you directly on this. I think there’s a way to make some very positive change, I just need some like minds to help do it.
Thanks again. TicToc.
Plain incompetence – Or something else….
SOMETHING ELSE – ABSOLUTELY !
Joe,
When will people start asking how the stock market crash affects the Sevco fakeover ?
Worth having a think about that !!!
Not to mention him,early in the 2nd half, awarding us a free kick for offside (I believe) and then having it retaken from about a yard from the original place because the speed the free kick was taken had caught St Johnstone in a poor state to defend the situation.
Cunts like him,Beaton, Clancey et al are allowed to meander carefree down their route of incompetence because of the corruption in the Celtic boardroom.
Please,if there is a God,strike them and all of their offspring down so we can get people who are only interested in realising our club’s full potential rather than these parasites.