A report in the Daily Mail has claimed that Crawford Allan was ousted from his job as Head of Refereeing following a vote of No Confidence from Premiership clubs. Yesterday the SFA announced that Allan was leaving at the end of the season to pursue new opportunities but an alternative version has now surfaced. Almost every club in the top flight has questioned the inconsistencies of VAR where similar incidents are dealt with differently due to the interpretation of the VAR with most match referees accepting the verdict of the man watching the screens.Additionally fans in the stadium are being left in the dark with lengthy VAR checks and a lack of explanation as goals are disallowed and penalties awarded. It seems that a build up of issues led to yesterday’s statement, in the Daily Mail Stephen McGowan reveals:

CRAWFORD ALLAN will leave his post as head of Scotland’s referees after a vote of no confidence from the nation’s top clubs.

The former Category One official will depart Hampden after four years ‘to pursue new opportunities’ — as the governing body conducts a review of the role in light of ongoing VAR controversies.

Asked for their feedback at a recent meeting, senior representatives of Premiership sides delivered a scathing assessment of Allan’s role in implementing VAR in Scottish football.

Having overseen the system’s implementation in November 2022, a growing number of controversies rendered his position increasingly precarious.

In the absence of a ready-made replacement, the referees’ chief will stay in post until the end of the season when the SFA are likely to look outside Scotland for a replacement.

The next issue for Allan to deal with is on Thursday March 28 when Brendan Rodgers answers a Notice of Complaint following his comments after Celtic lost 2-0 to Hearts at Tynecastle. Yang Hyun-jun has already had an appeal rejected and served a two match suspension for his red card in that match. If Rodgers fails in his appeal against the Notice of Complaint he will serve a minimum of a two match touchline ban covering matches at the Tony Macaroni Arena and Ibrox.

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