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SFA Shows Why It’s a Joke in Allowing Robertson to ref Celtic-Sevco match

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - APRIL 02: Scott Brown of Celtic arrives at the stadium prior to the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Hearts and Celtic at Tynecastle Stadium on April 2, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - APRIL 02: Scott Brown of Celtic arrives at the stadium prior to the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Hearts and Celtic at Tynecastle Stadium on April 2, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) /
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The sting of one of the worst officiating decisions in years is still strong. But, don’t worry the Scottish FA is here to the rescue to pile on with an equally shocking decision.

Don Robertson, the man in the middle of much controversy after being fooled by one of the worst dives in Scottish football this season on Sunday, will get a chance to affect the outcome of Celtic’s next match. This according to the Daily Record in the U.K.

Yes, Robertson will be one of the two officials behind the goal for the Scottish Cup semi-final against Sevco.

Not only was Robertson fooled in to a penalty, he also gave a harshly-deserved straight red card to captain Scott Brown after he lunged at penalty scorer, Liam Boyce, just a few minutes later.

That says nothing of the tussle between Boyce and Brown for large parts of the match. It was a powder-keg moment that was created by Robertson’s inability to get control of the situation early on.

That’s not a mistake, that is just poor officiating. Not being aware of boiling tempers between two players is a sign of incompetence, not just a simple mistake.

No doubt that Brown shouldn’t have lunged in the way he did, making contact look worse than it was. But, none of that likely happens if Robertson squashes the boiling tempers of both players.

Conspiracy theories have run wild for decades about the SFA and Celtic’s beef, especially when it comes to officials. This type of decision doesn’t help put those theories to rest, rather it inflames them even more.

Would the SFA do this to any other team? Would Sevco be assigned a referee that just nearly cost them a perfect season? Heck, would Dundee or Ayr United get this kind of treatment? The answer to both questions is no.

At least things could be a bit more even-handed with perhaps the best referee Scotland has to offer, Willie Collum, in charge of the match.

Still, how the SFA doesn’t see the problem in allowing Robertson anywhere near this match or Celtic matches for the rest of the season is beyond me.

At some point, refs, just like players, need to be held accountable for bad decisions and plays. Instead, the SFA has rewarded an official who clearly was fooled and shouldn’t have been with an assignment that would see him making goal-line decisions.

Keep on fanning the flames of conspiracy Scottish Football Association, it certainly seems like there’s nothing to see there.

Or Not.