Part-time refs trying to handle full-time footballers is a recipe for the kind of chaos that has ensured in Scottish football this season.
That’s the opinion of one Hotliner. Others simply believe there’s an inherent bias and today most of those accusations were flying from Celtic supporters in the direction of Rangers. First up, though, was John Scott, Grassmoor , with his theory. He emailed: “How can we seriously criticise our officials while they continue to work part time in a professional sport? For years after our passing, Darvel will be talked about as the greatest shock ever in the Scottish Cup. Why? Because a part-time, lower league club beat one of Scotland’s top professional teams.
“So why, for crying out loud, do we still have part-time officials in our top league? If Aberdeen had taken six off Darvel we would have shrugged it off as part-time players simply not being good enough. Yet we expect our referees to do a Darvel every single game. It’s ludicrous and shows our game up as amateurish.”
