CHARLIE NICHOLAS believes there’s no agenda against Celtic or for their Glasgow rivals.
The former Celtic player revealed even though he felt during his time at the club some refs seemed suspect, the only reason people think the Ibrox club get the decisions is because they’re winning.
Agent Scotland looked through the stats and discovered a quite incredible anomaly when it comes to goals scored by the Ibrox club.
He did correct himself in the stat above when he realised it was 21 goals instead of 19.
Despite some bizarre decisions for our rivals and some of the officiating at Celtic Park – Nicholas doesn’t believe there’s a bias – conscious or unconscious.
“I don’t believe for a minute these refereeing conspiracies. Nicholas told the Scottish Daily express as cited by RecordSport.
“I hear a lot of people say Rangers get everything just now.They get the decisions because they are winning just now. It is the same when Celtic are winning.
“That is always the way it is and has been for the two Glasgow giants.
“The rest of our clubs are playing catch up and that is where could be a big benefit to them and officials.
“It won’t help the conspiracy theories because it will be the VAR officials who will then be hit with the accusations.
“If we want to move our league forward then we need to bring in the likes of VAR technology.
“It would also make very good television drama as well and adds to the spectacle.
“I was in favour of VAR in my final year at Sky Sports.
“I think Scotland must take it because when there are big games then you get big issues and you will get all these conspiracy theories.”
He added: “We’ve had some terrible days. I remember doing the game when Hugh Dallas got hit by the coins.That was a dark, dark day for Scottish football. I have played for Celtic and against Rangers and Celtic. I have seen both sides when it comes to referees.
“I remember the Hope brothers, Kenny and Dougie.
“We all knew they were Rangers fans but they were also pretty good referees.You could have a conversation with them and you could wind each other up.
“I also remember the Celtic manager Billy McNeill had a ding-dong with Andrew Waddell. We, at Celtic, always felt he had an agenda against us after that as Billy had challenged him during a game.
“When I went To Aberdeen I felt due to the lack of the crowd you never really got the big decisions.
“It was the big crowds who put the referees on edge. Did they miss something and it puts pressure on them?”
I’d be surprised if Nicholas takes in as many SPFL game as the average Celtic fan. The pundit’s columns at times have shown a complete lack of knowledge on what’s going on in Scotland.
Despite playing for the club, Nicholas has a frosty relationship with many of the support because of his outspoken views on his former employers.
