GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - APRIL 25: BBC Sport Scotland microphone pictured ahead of a William Hill Championship match between Partick Thistle and Falkirk at Wyre Stadium at Firhill, on April 25, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Foy/SNS Group via Getty Images)
It takes a lot to lower the rock bottom standards at BBC Scotland but on Saturday night Sportscene pulled it off.
With Neil McCann, Cammy Bell, Andy Halliday, Steven Naismith and Billy Dodds enjoying a festive celebration Leeann Crichton was dragged into the studio.
DUMB AND DUMBER
That is the current manager of the Ibrox Ladies Team. Someone directly on the payroll. An employee of the same club is Danny Rohl and Manny Fernandez.
Only a state funded broadcaster would try to get away with a stunt like that. Commercial operators need to at least pretend that they are impartial.
And who better to share the deflection script than Mr Personality himself? Steven Thommo Thompson.
A lump of wid as a player, even worse as a pundit. There are reasons why BBC Scotland employ him, and reasons why he wouldn’t last five minutes in the commercial world.
How many games is that now???????? pic.twitter.com/8JBKNKfi4H
— Bun Beag Brian (@BunbegB) December 27, 2025
Thommo and Crichton had a difficult job skating around Motherwell’s late penalty claim at Ibrox on Saturday.
Lukas Fadinger was chopped in the penalty box in the closing stages of the match with the home side hanging onto a 1-0 lead.
PATTERNS OF ASSISTANCE
Every watching fan knows the outcome, every watching fan knows the reason for the decision.
Referee David Dickinson is from Renfrew, from a staunch family of Ibrox fans. VAR Greg Aitken had an image with his hero Ally McCoist on his Facebook profile.
Dickinson and Aitken will be enjoying a few family events at this time of year.
Willie Collum knows all this, that is why he selected that due for a difficult festive match at Ibrox. Everyone got the outcome that they wanted with the exception of the Motherwell support.
We await what action Motherwell take.
In similar circumstances Livingston issued a soft statement followed up by David Martindale sharing selective details about the chummy phone call he received from John Beaton to explain why he ignored a penalty box from Fernandez.
DICKINSON STRIKES AGAIN
Dickinson also denied Dundee United a penalty when Fernandez lifted his arm to block a long throw in.
You don’t need to hire Private Investigators to uncover the truth about what is going on. The evidence is all out there.
Just don’t expect Michael Nicholson to lead the crusade for transparency and accountability in Scottish refereeing.
The Celtic CEO has still to comment on the performances of Nick Walsh, Andrew Dallas and Steven McLean at the League Cup semi-final on November 2.
NOTE: BBC Scotland is wholly funded by £13/month donations made towards paying Thompson, Tom English, Kenny Macintyre, Alasdair Lamont and their ‘diverse’ cast of pundits.
They got a pen for less at DUtd but aye, Dave Dickinson. pic.twitter.com/zQWtsJKWxl
— The DaViEbh0y_Celtic (@LowMelaninWhite) December 27, 2025
it was brilliant watching them squirm and trying to avoid saying STONEWALL PENALTY…Sportscene and @BBCSportScot regulars ex rangers and current rangers…somethings never change …great watching how uncomfortable they were…inexperience in front of the camera showed them up
— darcy sarto (@sarto_darcy) December 28, 2025
Leanne trying her hardest not to go into work on Monday for a rollicking by saying it’s a stonewaller when she knows it is.
Another reason why pundits should not be currently actively working within the game.
— Joe Hopkins (@CelticCalcio) December 27, 2025
Watch them even it up for Motherwell tomorrow night and the same mob declaring stonewaller.
They might not have to, we leak goals like wonky sieve, Motherwell will absolutely score against us, probably more than once, cannot envisage us winning in the slightest.
But as you say, ain’t no way they aren’t getting awarded a pen if that happens the morra night.
Scottish refereeing really is the worst, most corrupt there is in football.
Fans predict pre game whats gonna happen and it invariably does , the bookies have marked down prices on a pen in Sevco games to ridiculous odds….everybody knows, but still the spl would rather be a laughing stock than restore some dignity & pride.
Spot on thats what will happen motherwell will get a penalty and sportscene punits will say stonewell penalty if it does happen i hope the celtic fans run a riot on the pitch because why pay into watch a corrupt game eh..
I’ve said for years that it is the clubs who finish below the tribute act that are effected by this constant cheating from officials and yet they meagerly accept it every season, the 2nd & 3rd place climax that’ll involve the newest club and their cousins will be epic, ultimately denying the latter any possibility of Champions League football.
Celtic FC (with 3-4 new signings) will again go on and lift the league title this season, I now (unlike a few weeks ago) confidently predict by the end of January we will see a fully motorised WN team in full flow with players coming in that are suited to his system.
HH
Editor: Any hints on the signings that Tisdale has lined up- Will they be better than Shin, Inamura, Balikwisha, Tounekti, Simpson-Pusey?
Balikwisha, from minute 1, looked as much a footballer as I am….he has been literally the worst player I have ever seen, and that’s saying something.
The question is then….how the fook does someone who’s supposed to recognise talent get it so badly wrong?
Without doubt, bargain bin shopping is always gonna give u “ bargains” but holy moly, we don’t half seem to get more than our fair share.
The worst thing to ever happen to Celtic was O’Riley, Kyogo, Khun etc making big profits on cheap fees….its just convinced the suits that the system works and they ain’t for changing.
Rodger’s Said
This one is on me. Balikwisha, he’s a technically gifted player
He can play
a number of positions. Outside right. Through the middle
Or outside left. Myself and our recruitment have watch him for sometime.
Here’s another £5 Million . Total loss. He’s certainly up there with all. signings hopeless
Editor: Rodgers was an employee. Rodgers resigned less than two months later.
ONLY IN SCOTLAND! ???????
I blame our Board entirely for this ongoing cheating.
If you constantly commit a crime a get away with it why change.
Not another penny
Which board are you referring to
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2025…
Nothing New is it.
Scottish version of Jim Crow
Rumour has it that the studio guests for the BBC Scottish version Glasgow derby next weekend will be Derek Johnstone and Donald Findlay…both will be up for singing a nice brand new New Year ditty with all studio staff joining in gleefully? Bring your own booze ….Hello..hello ..we are the Bil…
Vdm, whilst Findlay was most definitely a hun, he called out the ‘same club’ myth at the Court of Session in 2016.
The following is a comment on that: “In 2016, Donald Findlay, a former vice chairman of Rangers, stated that the post-liquidation Rangers is a “new entity” that must establish its own history and tradition, emphasizing that while they may play at Ibrox, they cannot inherit the spirit and tradition of the original club. He highlighted that although assets can be bought, history and tradition are not transferable and reside in the hearts and minds of supporters.”
It’s just nice to get the truth from one of ‘them’!
The phrase, that the impartial pairings of Thompson and Crichton were struggling with was “Motherwell were denied a stone-wall penalty by a dodgy referee”.
The most successful cheating football club and the masonic fuckpigs in black can won anything is buy cheating thats afact the oldco and now newco need a helping hand toget 3 points at there own midden liebrox that club should be shut down our even better the team in the spfl should refuse to play them especially when you have cheats on the park in black other teams just walk off and embarrassing the cheating officials and that team that play at cheating liebrox eh…SFA.SPFL ARE CORRUPT AND DIRTY MASONIC FUCKPIGS ASWELL RATS..