Caitlin Hayes has claimed she and her teammates have to play the referees as well as the opposition in the SWPL after their 1-0 defeat to Rangers.
Malky Thomson’s side kept their title dreams alive and inflicted a massive blow on their rivals’ with a first derby victory over the season thanks to Kirsty Howatt’s strike. Hayes thought she had given Celtic the lead in the first half, only to have it disallowed due to a perceived foul by referee Gary Hanvidge.
And she took aim at the standard of officials in the division as she fumed over the decision in her post-match interview. She told Sky Sports: “I’ll keep it simple. I don’t think it’s a free kick. Sometimes you have to play the opposition and the refs in this league. At the end of the day I’ve seen it back and I don’t know where the free kick is coming from.
