Crawford Allan to step down

[HoboHarry]

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That quote is from Ian Maxwell. A guy who has been an unmitigated failure in his role at the SFA and should also resign.

To be fair I'm not sure what is role is. I know what it should be but he can barely put a coherent sentence together.

[007]

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Or someone who has numbers for a name......

Well of course you should never trust a double agent. 😇

[ElginHibee]

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Who was then promoted way above his station.

Sounds like Scottish football administration.

[Bostonhibby]

Has an "opportunity " in the statement writing department at Ibrox come up and it was too difficult for him to turn down?

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[theonlywayisup]

If anyone doubts the incompetence of Scottish referees and their use of VAR they only need to look at the two ridiculous decisions from the Motherwell Aberdeen game. To deny the Motherwell goal because the ball grazed the upper arm (shoulder) of the Motherwell player in the build-up to the goal and then deny Motherwell a penalty for a more blatant handball in the Aberdeen box was two recent examples of showing that our VAR referees clearly haven't a clue what they are doing. If the above was a minor example, I could understand the statement that's been made. However, on the back of all the wrong decisions the SFA have clearly got a bass neck for making that statement.

[Smartie]

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If anyone doubts the incompetence of Scottish referees and their use of VAR they only need to look at the two ridiculous decisions from the Motherwell Aberdeen game. To deny the Motherwell goal because the ball grazed the upper arm (shoulder) of the Motherwell player in the build-up to the goal and then deny Motherwell a penalty for a more blatant handball in the Aberdeen box was two recent examples of showing that our VAR referees clearly haven't a clue what they are doing. If the above was a minor example, I could understand the statement that's been made. However, on the back of all the wrong decisions the SFA have clearly got a bass neck for making that statement.

Sportscene on Saturday night was pretty grim viewing from a refereeing perspective.

I was surprised more wasn't made of the decision to disallow Johnston's goal for Celtic too, which looked ridiculous.

We didn't even get a Rangers game at the weekend for the referees to really let themselves down.

[JimBHibees]

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At the end of the season, loved this bit of gaslighting in their announcement about it

"We must work together to alleviate the unsustainable pressure on match officials and VAR operators, to remove the convenient blame culture attached to subjective or unpopular decisions, and to ensure more focus is placed on the entertainers rather than the on-field facilitators"

So far up himself it is unreal. What did he actually do? Bit strange really poor referees seem to do incredibly well in this country. Quite how son of Dallas suddenly has a regular var job actually sums it up perfectly.

[JimBHibees]

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Referees should be made available to the press and have to explain their decisions after games. Maybe some press accountability will help, there's obviously none internally. Don't both clubs have to provide the manager and a player for the press? Can't see why a little transparency with the other major player in the match would be a bad thing.

They absolutely should. In no other profession are key players never questioned on anything and hide away with arrogant contempt.

[greenginger]

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Referees should be made available to the press and have to explain their decisions after games. Maybe some press accountability will help, there's obviously none internally. Don't both clubs have to provide the manager and a player for the press? Can't see why a little transparency with the other major player in the match would be a bad thing.

First question from our press would be “ why wis it the Gers only got 2 penalties “.

[JimBHibees]

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If anyone doubts the incompetence of Scottish referees and their use of VAR they only need to look at the two ridiculous decisions from the Motherwell Aberdeen game. To deny the Motherwell goal because the ball grazed the upper arm (shoulder) of the Motherwell player in the build-up to the goal and then deny Motherwell a penalty for a more blatant handball in the Aberdeen box was two recent examples of showing that our VAR referees clearly haven't a clue what they are doing. If the above was a minor example, I could understand the statement that's been made. However, on the back of all the wrong decisions the SFA have clearly got a bass neck for making that statement.

Our friend Steven McLean was var for Well Sheep game.

[JimBHibees]

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Sportscene on Saturday night was pretty grim viewing from a refereeing perspective.

I was surprised more wasn't made of the decision to disallow Johnston's goal for Celtic too, which looked ridiculous.

We didn't even get a Rangers game at the weekend for the referees to really let themselves down.

The Johnston goal match footage looked totally different to the offside photo with lines.

[VoltaireHibs]

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Arrogant ****** in charge of a bunch of arrogant ******s

That's about all that needs to be said about that statement. 👍

[Victor]

As I have previously said there should be an Independent Review Body that clubs can ask to review dodgy decisions. They should have the power to censure referees and award points when bad decisions cause teams to lose them.
I know that this may be wishful thinking, but there has to be a way for clubs to complain about refereeing decisions without facing fines and bans.

[PatHead]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[VoltaireHibs]

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If anyone doubts the incompetence of Scottish referees and their use of VAR they only need to look at the two ridiculous decisions from the Motherwell Aberdeen game. To deny the Motherwell goal because the ball grazed the upper arm (shoulder) of the Motherwell player in the build-up to the goal and then deny Motherwell a penalty for a more blatant handball in the Aberdeen box was two recent examples of showing that our VAR referees clearly haven't a clue what they are doing. If the above was a minor example, I could understand the statement that's been made. However, on the back of all the wrong decisions the SFA have clearly got a bass neck for making that statement.

Alongside ourselves Motherwell have really been done over by VAR recently as well.

[Smartie]

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The Johnston goal match footage looked totally different to the offside photo with lines.

Yeah, it was weird.

They drew the lines up for an offside earlier in the move that didn't look relevant.

He looked onside when the ball was played through to him.

A peculiar chain of events that maybe made Sportscene look more amateurish than the refs.

[Kato]

The are all in the Flat Earth Society, which has members all around the globe.

Same gaslighting techniques used by The Inquisition.

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[Callum_62]

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Yeah, it was weird.

They drew the lines up for an offside earlier in the move that didn't look relevant.

He looked onside when the ball was played through to him.

A peculiar chain of events that maybe made Sportscene look more amateurish than the refs.

It was part of the same phase of play and correctly ruled out for offside in my opinion

Didn't see it at all at the time when watching the highlights though

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[truehibernian]

Ian Maxwell is poacher turned gamekeeper and not qualified for his role in the first place - sooner he goes the better. Wonder what his opinion was on the ref’s performance at his old club Thistle recently when they had two goals incorrectly ruled out for offside and one scored against them that was offside too - all in one game!! It’s all subjective though Ian, eh 🤔

They bring on pressure themselves by not applying consistent rulings, getting the rules wrong, and not explaining decision making post game (as they should do for transparency).

[H18 SFR]

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Mike Dean or Mark Clattenburg were my first thought but it would depend on their administrative skills obviously.

Crawford Allan and Mark Clattenburg are very good friends from when they were both one grade away from category 1. Can’t see him replacing him.

Edit - I’ve tried to find any evidence of them being on a tournament together. I’m sure they met at either the Milk Cup or a UEFA regions competition which was then refereed by prospective FIFA referees rather than those with a badge.

[Smartie]

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It was part of the same phase of play and correctly ruled out for offside in my opinion

Didn't see it at all at the time when watching the highlights though

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Might well have been. It certainly wasn't obvious.

Might have been a decent one for the pundits to get their teeth into and explain though? They glossed over it somewhat.

[HIBERNIAN-0762]

Will be replaced by another stick throwing ******* no doubt 🙄

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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Crawford Allan and Mark Clattenburg are very good friends from when they were both one grade away from category 1. Can’t see him replacing him.

Edit - I’ve tried to find any evidence of them being on a tournament together. I’m sure they met at either the Milk Cup or a UEFA regions competition which was then refereed by prospective FIFA referees rather than those with a badge.

Clattenburg - Gladiators aside - is a referees analyst for Nottingham Forest.

As I’ve stated before Im curious about this role and whether there’s something in there that could serve Hibs.

[Joe6-2]

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Or someone who has numbers for a name......

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No chance Clattenburg would take it, or more likely we could afford him.

Iirc he went to Saudi to head up the referring system, he would have been on mega money. Think he's now employed at Forest as referee liaison, if he leaves them he'll be offered a role at a big English club or something within the FA/Premier League.

[Monktonhall 7]

This news has cheered me up. An awful referee and a worse administrator. He shouldn’t be stepping down, he should be booted out for his ridiculous report on VAR performance a few weeks ago.

[Kato]

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This news has cheered me up. An awful referee and a worse administrator. He shouldn’t be stepping down, he should be booted out for his ridiculous report on VAR performance a few weeks ago.

He's ridiculously good at awfully, administrating poor refereeing.

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[cabbageandribs1875]

i had a funny feeling Allan liked the jamboids, he does look like one and,well, that name just screams one doesn't it so after a quick google one of the first sites up was a sellick fans site with some asking questions of him...from 2021


Further, in the interests of sporting integrity and to dispel any legitimate doubts re him having displayed any conflict of interest in relation to his recent radio interview, where he chose to give his personal view of matters relating to the recent Celtic v Hearts game at Celtic Park, a few questions need to be addressed and answered regarding this SFA Official.

Has Crawford Allan at any time declared any potential conflicts of interest in relation to his role at the SFA?

Is it true his wife has links to Hearts due to her employment there?

Is it true his father is a die hard Hearts supporter?

Is it true Crawford Allan has strong leanings to the Hearts Football Club (HMFC)?

If any of the above questions are indeed true, should Crawford Allan be disqualified, at the very least, of personally commentating on any matters pertaining to HMFC which could be deemed to be contentious or controversial?

[Monktonhall 7]

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He's ridiculously good at awfully, administrating poor refereeing.

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[LewysGot2]

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i had a funny feeling Allan liked the jamboids, he does look like one and,well, that name just screams one doesn't it so after a quick google one of the first sites up was a sellick fans site with some asking questions of him...from 2021


Further, in the interests of sporting integrity and to dispel any legitimate doubts re him having displayed any conflict of interest in relation to his recent radio interview, where he chose to give his personal view of matters relating to the recent Celtic v Hearts game at Celtic Park, a few questions need to be addressed and answered regarding this SFA Official.

Has Crawford Allan at any time declared any potential conflicts of interest in relation to his role at the SFA?

Is it true his wife has links to Hearts due to her employment there?

Is it true his father is a die hard Hearts supporter?

Is it true Crawford Allan has strong leanings to the Hearts Football Club (HMFC)?

If any of the above questions are indeed true, should Crawford Allan be disqualified, at the very least, of personally commentating on any matters pertaining to HMFC which could be deemed to be contentious or controversial?

I worked for the same bank as him in a past life. He supported Aberdeen growing up. His wife worked in the office for Hearts AND then Hibs.