Jim Goodwin shares Aberdeen referee delight over Willie Collum appointment against Dundee

Jim Goodwin insists Aberdeen levelling up campaign will start with the appointment of referee Willie Collum for Saturday’s crunch clash with Dundee.

The Dons boss believes the experienced whistler can bring an end to what he believes has been a spell of game changing decisions which have gone against his side.

Referee Grant Irvine’s failure to send off Livingston keeper Max Stryjek for smashing a hand into the face of Vincente Besuijen last weekend was fresh in Goodwin ’s mind and he’s convinced Collum will get the big calls correct as he looks for an overdue rub of the green.

He said: “We have had a terrible run of luck with regards to those big decisions going against us. Hopefully we will get a little bit of good fortune ourselves at the weekend and the referee will get the big decisions right. Thankfully we have got one of the most experienced referees in the country coming up on Saturday in Willie Collum so I am delighted with that.

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“I felt the young referee last weekend struggled with some of those big moments and the Stryjek moment being the key one. As I said, if Livingston had been down to ten men for the large part of the game and we had had a penalty which Lewis Ferguson very rarely misses