Partick Thistle boss Ian McCall has apologised to Scott Lambie after admitting his comments about the referee “verged on bullying”. McCall hit out after his side’s 1-0 defeat at Inverness on Friday night but vowed to say sorry to the ref’s face after he acknowledged his comments were out of order.
The Jags were denied a penalty on Friday before Kyle Turner was sent off and after the Championship clash McCall said: “There were two pivotal moments. The penalty kick’s the clearest you’ll ever see.
“I can understand the sending off but it’s a 50-50. It’s very soft. I don’t think I’ve seen the referee before, he looked way out of his depth for this level.”
But McCall backtracked on BBC Radio Scotland’s Off the Ball programme. He said: “I would like to publicly apologise to
Scott Lambie.
“Whilst I maintain two pivotal mistakes were made, I appreciate that football is in part about mistakes from players, managers and referees, but my comments after the game were verging on bullying – a 'quality' I abhor. I regret these comments. They do not reflect well on me or my great club. I will be apologising to Scott face to face in due course.”
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