Two former top Scottish referees have accused Lee Johnson of ENCOURAGING Ryan Porteous to cheat and believe the Hibs boss should be hauled up to Hampden for backing his defender during the controversial weekend clash with Aberdeen.
Dons defender Liam Scales was sent off and conceded a penalty following a foul on Porteous during the match at Easter Road but ex-whistlers Des Roache and Steve Conroy pointed the finger at Johnson after claiming the man in the middle David Dickinson was conned.
Jim Goodwin was furious after the game and accused Porteous of “blatant cheating” with his post match comments angering Hibs officials who made their displeasure at the Irishman and he was backed up by Roache and Conroy on the Get Involved Referee podcast. Roache said: “Ryan Porteous is the one who instigated the whole thing. First of all he grabs Liam Scales and then he has him in a headlock. You can clearly see that as they fall to the ground, Scales has got his arms up saying ‘I’m not to blame here’.
