Rangers FC On Field Gossip & Rumour Thread 2017 Mod Note in OP(Updated 14/08)

So that's where Rangers money went to. No surprise it doesn't appear in your regular accounts then.

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Forget about this being Rangers for a second but do you really not think there's a potential conflict of interest in a referee taking charge of a team* that he used to play for?

Few points Bobby, since the search function is broken have you been bothered when he's been a ref at a Queens Park or Clyde games or posted such?

He didn't play for Rangers, even once Bobby, he was on schoolboy forms with Rangers, he didn't even make it into their youth team if you read the article you yourself quoted. He had to go to Queens Park to play underage football, then to Clyde.

Take those three teams out of teams he can officiate for, in a league the size of Scotland how is he going to improve.

A lot of young talent will go through Celtic and Rangers hands because they are the only game in town for ambitious young Scottish footballers (well at present I'd imagine only Celtic out of those options is appealing), I'd also imagine those that fail at schoolboy level are numbering into the hundreds every year. If you want ex pros to become referees it will be an issue again, and better pros will have played at a number of teams.

So, in summary, I agree with you, I might have found it worthy of raising an eyebrow if he played professional football for a team, then gone on and refereed said team against my team, and i'd certainly scrutinise his decisions as a result. But as I've also said, it's probably something we are going to get used to if we want ex pros as refs. Thankfully none of this happened for me or you though Bobby, or had anything to do with the teams we support, so I'd say we have both said all we can on this subject.