Two decisions- Watch as John Beaton saves the day at Ibrox

John Beaton had a decisive impact at Ibrox today as Danny Rohl’s side beat Dundee United 4-2.

It should be party time tonight in the Crown Bar in Bellshill.

Beaton has refereed just seven matches in 2026, on March 1 and today, April 4 he was refereeing at Ibrox, the ground that the chubby schoolboy dreamed of playing at.

Against Celtic on March 1 Beaton refused Celtic two clear penalties.

In the 11th minute Liam Scales had his jersey pulled then got ruby tackled to the ground as he attempted to connect to a corner.

THE BEATON FACTOR

Late in the second half Dujon Sterling grabbed Sebastian Tounekti’s jersey then man-handled the winger off the pitch. Beaton saw the incident in its entirety and awarded a goal-kick. Sterling got the last touch.

Finally in the 88th minute a VAR call forced Beaton into awarding Celtic a penalty. He took three minutes pouring over an obvious handball from Sterling. Finally, reluctantly he trudged onto the pitch to award Celtic a penalty.

Thelo Aasgaard was booked in the 16th minute for elbowing an opponent on the side of the face.

Beaton awarded the yellow card, he felt that was the appropriate punishment.

Aasgaard stayed on the pitch, Dundee United should have had an extra player for over 70 minutes. Aasgaard scored the second goal today. He should have been watching the match from the Directors Box.

Later in the first half Amar Fattah was making a run into the penalty to receive a cross. Sterling noted the danger, raising an elbow to strike Fattah on the chest and halt his run.

Decisions like those with Aasgaard and Sterling impact on games. Red cards and penalties matter.

When yer man from Bellshill is refereeing at Ibrox the home players know that they have a certain license that would be punished outside of Scotland.