David Dickinson did what every Scottish football fan expected at Ibrox last night.
That is why he is such a trusted appointment from honest Willie Collum.
The only surprise was that he went for the double whammy of penalty and red card after just four minutes.
Two separate second half decisions would have been more subtle but needs were great last night after the 0-0 draw away to Hibs on Saturday.
THE DICKINSON PATTERN
Only Collum can justify the decision to put the same referee in charge of one club four times in less than two months.
Dickinson has a pattern of decisions in matches against Dundee United, Motherwell and Aberdeen. He continued that against Kilmarnock.
With John Beaton currently injured with a hamstring pull Dickinson is the trusted appointment for a growing number of matches for Rohl’s team.
Uncle David in Australia is delighted at the progress his nephew is making. And their team. There is one big fixture that his family is waiting to see their boy put in charge of.
Social media knows what to expect from Dickinson. Sky Sports, BBC Scotland and the usual suspects won’t go near the interesting facts and background details on the Renfrew based official.
David Dickinson ?
Reffed 4 Hun games this season.
??Dun.Utd (A) 2-2 – Awards the Huns a 97th min pen.
?? M’well (H) 1-0 Denies M’well a stonewall pen.
?? Aberdeen (A) 2-0 Awards the Huns a soft pen.
?? Kilmarnock (H) Awards the Huns a 5th min pen. Red card for Killie 4mins pic.twitter.com/FVa2346xka
— Celtic Curio (@Celticcurio) February 4, 2026
David Dickinson wae yet another game changing decision that benefits rangers.
Neil McCann pic.twitter.com/IMkROsoQqI— Terry O’Neill (@terryoneill67) February 4, 2026
David Dickinson should not be allowed anywhere near Rangers games. Hes a cheating ? bastard & digs the Huns out of holes every game.
Tavernier, already on a yellow, should’ve been sent off before Huns go 2-0 up. He pulls down Killie player through on goal. Same as Trusty.
— RJM67 ?? (@RJMCeltic67) February 4, 2026
Away from refereeing Dickinson works for Sports Labs where he is a consultancy manager.
Despite the expanded format no Scottish referees will be involved at the World Cup Finals in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
Collum was the last SFA referee at a major competition. After two matches at the 2016 European Championships in France he was in the first batch sent home.
Thank god for this site , was reading thick news , it’s now a platform for a thick piece of Vermin , Ant weariman to virtue signal and lose debates with two excellent posters Dan ur a fraud
Too true
just like the rest of the teams making up the numbers they know and accept that they just have to suck it up and take their medicine , in the end it won’t effect them as they will all drop points to sevco , meanwhile sevo’s bitch , column was as bad a cheat when he was a referee what made people think he’d be any different when he got promoted ? watch daily how he covers for these cheats with a nod and a wink
I think that should be Collum – NOT column Bertie.
Worked with him years ago, Craig Thomson (c***t) was/is a family friend that pushed young david on to be a ref
We have to get back to the level of whatever the referee does doesn’t matter. Take it as said we will be getting the short end of the straw every week, while the authorities hide behind VAR screens to make up the rules as they see fit. I thought the match referee was 100% responsible for decisions, so why do we have TWO sitting at a monitor. Surely up to the match referee to decide if he wants to take a look t an incident, no need for any “supporting” advice from another party. Show the incident from a few angles, make a decision that is YOURS alone and on with the game.
If Dickenson, and I fully expect he will be, is given the next Glasgow Derby, at the Hunderdome, we might as well not turn up.
He has proven without doubt to his brethren, that he is up to the task, even when all evidence points to him being a cheating biased bastard, he simply doesn’t care.
The thing that’s more annoying than huns getting to referee their own club’s games and ours, is that 11 other clubs in that league are losing points every week, yet don’t get together to do something about it. Come on! 11 clubs ganging up on the sfa. Not that difficult, is It?
Unless they’re all party to it.
Most of the other club’s fans while detesting Sevco (Who in the f*ck wouldn’t) are Prods so won’t bother…
Be interesting to see what The Scumbos say in two weeks when they’re robbed at Liebrox !
Knowledge of the state of refereeing in Scotland has reached Europe and beyond. Thus, they are not appointed for European competitions. When you watch the decision making in English football, both from the referees and the governing body point of view, the decisions are clearer, intelligent, just and transparent. Europe is generally the same, but Scotland is infested with individuals who have an agenda, both in the refereeing and within the SFA decisions as well.
The area of Scotland where referees are not appointed from is far greater than the miniscule area in Lanarkshire and Glasgow, where most are found. Hence the poverty.