Rangers goal flabbergasts former ref as he launches astonishing blast on VAR and 'Teflon-coated' Willie Collum

Former top referee Steve Conroy revealed he was staggered that VAR didn’t intervene at Abdallah Sima’s controversial opening goal for Rangers in their four-goal Viaplay Cup quarter final romp against Livingston at Ibrox Stadium.

The Senegalese wide man shoved Jamie Brandon in the build-up to his curling effort after just 10 minutes and Willie Collum didn’t blow for a foul and Nick Walsh at the Clydesdale House VAR HQ didn’t ask the on-field whistler to review the incident on the monitor.

And that astonished Conroy who told Best Wallet : “I have NO idea why VAR wasn’t involved. I was pretty stunned by that. It should’ve been disallowed. My bugbear with VAR is that it gets involved in matters of opinion like ‘is it a shoulder charge?’ and ‘Is it footballing contact?’ That kind of thing. But last night was a blatant shove, a clear foul on the defender. At the very least, VAR should’ve been saying to Willie: ‘Come over and have a look, because here’s what I’ve seen’. I can’t think of any reason why VAR wasn’t involved in that. Any VAR official should be looking at that thinking: ‘Well, I’ve seen a clear shove’.

"Willie should’ve spotted that, it’s pretty blatant. Yet VAR should’ve helped him because it was SO blatant. With Nick and Willie, there may be conversations. But there are so many things involving Willie and nothing seems to happen to him.

“They (SFA) will come down full square behind Willie and I’m very sure he’ll not suffer any consequences. Same with Nick who I’ve got a lot of time for, I think he’s a good ref. I think Nick will be alright as well.

“They’re both Teflon-coated. Nick is still relatively young so mistakes can be ironed out with him. But Willie has been doing this for most of his refereeing life