One of Scotland’s most high profile referees has been chased through a high street store and found a pile of human excrement at the front door of his family home as part of a toxic backlash to VAR.
SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell has revealed how the current big named whistler has been targeted by vile yobs while calling for managers to turn down the heat on the raging debate over the implementation of the new technology. Maxwell confirmed that an end of season summit will be convened with all top flight clubs to review the first six months of the Clydesdale House set-up after a raft of complaints from managers.
But he insists it’s the officials who are suffering most of all. The Hampden boss said: “The match officials are the first ones who know. They know before anybody else if they have got something wrong and it affects them.
