It hopefully will be a thing of the past after Friday, but there was another controversial decision in Tuesday night’s Premier Sports Cup quarter-final.
Kilmarnock hosted Dundee United at Rugby Park, with the two Premiership strugglers vying for a place in the semi-finals and the trip to Hampden that comes with it. And it was the hosts who made a bright start, taking the lead after just eight minutes, but it was down to a hotly contested penalty.
Kyle Lafferty saw his shot cannon back off Liam Smith's arm inside the penalty area. There was little the United defender could do to get out of the way, and even had his back turned when attempting to either block or get out of the way of the Northern Irishman's powerful effort. But ref Kevin Clancy didn;t hesitate in blowing his whistle and pointing to the spot, much to the dismay of Smith and his Tangerines teammates.
