Normally that sort of appointment would be welcomed by the regular at the Crown Bar in Bellshill.
As we know since his schooldays Beaton’s only ambitions in life was to run out the tunnel of his favourite stadium.
His boyhood club died in 2012 but Beaton has swapped his seat in the stand for the Referee Room and the chance to grace the same turf as James Tavernier, Alfredo Morelos and other modern day heroes.
On May 13 the perception of Beaton changed among loyal bears.
His crime- he awarded Celtic a penalty for handball after Sam Nicholson of Motherwell elbowed Auston Trusty in the face.
BEATON FORCED INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
Naturally Beaton chose to miss the incident, he awarded Motherwell a throw in.
Fortunately Andrew Dallas on VAR realised the seriousness of the situation.
A VAR review resulted in Beaton being called pitchside. A penalty was awarded, Kelechi Iheanacho scored, Celtic won the points sparking the biggest meltdown of the season.
Sadly one individual decided to leak personal details of Beaton online. That person has since been arrested and charged.
With the Fir Park anger led by Kris Boyd, Ally McCoist and Derek McInnes Beaton finds himself at Ibrox on Sunday.
Fuelled by bizarre conspiracy theories and watching a losing time the home fans are currently more toxic than usual.
No one knows that more than Beaton, his entire life has been spent in the company of Ibrox fans.
St Mirren know exactly what they are up against on Sunday.
Greek referee Vassilis Fotias will be in charge of Thursday’s Europa League qualifier at home to Jagiellonia.
Just as Celtic do with Steven McLean refereeing their cup tie away to Dundee United.
McCoist fan-boy Greg Aitken will be on VAR.
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Brother Beaton back in the nest…poor old St.Mirren is going to get screwed over by his honest mistakes,,,,he got a lot of making up to do.
The need for a win is strong.
Let’s appoint someone whom we know will point to the spot.
Odds on a pen anyone?