Plenty of Rangers fans on Twitter have been lamenting the appointment of Willie Collum as the referee for the upcoming Betfred Cup final.
The Evening Times reported that the 40-year-old will be the man in the middle for the December 8th fixture at Hampden Park in which Steven Gerrard’s side take on crosstown rivals Celtic, with @ClydeSSB on Twitter also sharing the news.
Willie Collum will referee next Sunday’s Betfred Cup final between Rangers & Celtic
— Clyde 1 Superscoreboard (@ClydeSSB) November 28, 2019
This will be the seventh time that Collum has taken charge of a meeting of the Premiership’s current top two and Rangers’ record in the fixture with him as referee is a very sobering one, with the Light Blues beaten on the last five occasions in which he was the whistler for a Glasgow derby.
He gave Celtic a penalty in the 2-0 Scottish Cup semi-final defeat in 2017, although he has given just one red card to Rangers in previous derby clashes, dismissing Philippe Senderos for a second bookable offence in a 5-1 defeat in September 2016.
Nonetheless, these Rangers fans on Twitter were not impressed to hear that Collum has been put in charge of the Betfred Cup final on Sunday week:
And we’ve now lost
— Nathan Downer (@nathandownerr) November 28, 2019
Oh dear , that’s a game spoiler 😔
— Al Smith (@HownoRfc) November 29, 2019
Penalty to Celtic, Morelos red card
— Davie G (@daviegilf84) November 28, 2019
Gives Celtic everything..
— robbie (@robbiehannah96) November 28, 2019
Disgraceful appointment
— Brian Paton (@brianpaton9) November 28, 2019
We’d best be playing with no ref
— thoms 🇬🇧🇸🇪🏴 (@onestafc) November 28, 2019
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