Ex Celtic star lands key SFA ref post as 'stormy' Ian Maxwell meeting kickstarts major shake-up
A "stormy" meeting reportedly took place before before SFA refereeing chief Crawford Allan announced he would quit his Hampden role at the end of season.
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Ian Maxwell urges clubs to quit 'convenient' VAR and referee blame culture
Ian Maxwell has claimed Scottish football needs to stop playing the blame game and alleviate the unsustainable pressure that is being cranked up on match officials and VAR operators.
Crawford Allan QUITS as Scottish FA announce summer VAR shake-up
Crawford Allan has quit as Scottish FA head of referees, and will step down in the summer after four years in the job.
Permanent concussion substitutes approved, sin bin trials to continue
Additional permanent concussion substitutions will be enshrined in football's laws but it remains an option which is up to organisers of individual competitions to implement, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) said on Saturday (Mar 2).
Blue cards shunned as IFAB approve new protocols
A sin bin trial featuring blue cards was conspicuous by its absence as football's lawmakers set out plans to improve player behaviour on Saturday.
SPFL could be blue card guinea pigs as IFAB head to Scotland to thrash out sin bin plan
Football chiefs will head to the Bonnie Banks next month to nail down plans to introduce blue cards to the game.
I felt like a teenager again after Ian Maxwell went all bah humbug in Sky row over mic'd up Hibs boss Nick Montgomery
It was a phrase that used to drive us nuts back in the days when we only had four television channels and teenage boys were sent into a state of frenzied excitement when one of them showed a foreign movie with a wee red triangle in the top corner.
SFA vs SKY fury in FULL as broadcaster unleashes over 2 key issues while Hampden chiefs come out swinging
The Scottish Football Association blasted back in the row over the plug being pulled on Hibs boss Nick Montgomery being mic’d up by Sky Sports for the Edinburgh derby.