John Beaton. The very mention of his name makes the Celtic fans cast suspicious glances whenever he is put in charge of one of our games.
Because we all know why. It’s not paranoia. It’s simply down to the fact that the SFA whistler’s leanings towards Rangers makes him ability to referee Celtic or Rangers impartially nigh on impossible.
We’ve witnessed some of Beaton’s outrageous decisions against Celtic time and time again not only in Glasgow Derby’s but in other regular run of the mill SPFL games as well.
And let’s not forget that Beaton also has a Rangers supporters club name after him. That’s correct. An SFA appointed referee has such a connection with the the Ibrox supporters that they’ve names a RSC after him.
Which is why when I saw radio DJ, Ewen Cameron, tweet about Beaton when he was appointed match ref for Ibrox on Sunday, I couldn’t help think that it just summed up how the Celtic fans feel about him.
It really is an incredible and damning indictment on our game’s credibility that our national association see fit to appoint a Rangers fan as ref for a title deciding Glasgow Derby.
I’m no conspiracy theorist because I know this isn’t a conspiracy. It’s as plain as the nose in your face what’s happening here and Celtic must do more to call this out.
Their silence on these matters is deafening and the Celtic supports are getting restless.
