Thistle_do_nicely Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Forget the exact circumstances but that Dundee Utd - Rangers game a few years back where the ref had an absolute stinker, leading to Levein going apeshit post-match. edit: at work so can't find the youtube vid of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennysmassiveego Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1980. Scottish cup final when the 2 halves of the old scum had a right good barney on the pitch and the world watched and said surely something will be done about this next season or at least in the coming years . ‘Guess what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 That time everyone was cheated out of a result against the old firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 14 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: Forget the exact circumstances but that Dundee Utd - Rangers game a few years back where the ref had an absolute stinker, leading to Levein going apeshit post-match. edit: at work so can't find the youtube vid of it Love CL. One of the few managers unafraid to tell it as it is against the scum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACAB Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 30 minutes ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: Most of these incidents seem to involve Dundee United in one way or another. Seems we are missed from the top flight. Sad. Only the easy points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 55 minutes ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: Forget the exact circumstances but that Dundee Utd - Rangers game a few years back where the ref had an absolute stinker, leading to Levein going apeshit post-match. edit: at work so can't find the youtube vid of it Worst I've ever seen. The ref cheated deliberately to ensure rangers got a result. Disgusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, John MacLean said: It sadly didn't end his career as he refereed the second leg of the play off between Dundee United and Thistle in 1996 the memory of which and a non penalty award is still too painful. I am happy to be corrected. Not happy he wasn't hounded out the game though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: Love CL. One of the few managers unafraid to tell it as it is against the scum. That's a good interview. Did Levein get into trouble for it? McCurry was of course blatantly a Rangers fan, but that day he stopped even pretending to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: That's a good interview. Did Levein get into trouble for it? McCurrie was of course blatantly a Rangers fan, but that day he stopped even pretending to be fair. He did. It went on for a while, im sure he was fined and possibly asked to retract his statements, but he wouldn't pay it or back down. He argued he had a right to free speech and was prepared to fight it all the way. I think the refs kicked up because it undermined their position and they might even have threatened to strike? The governing body was shitting itself how it would end, but I'm sure they got both parties together and just brushed it all under the carpet. It was a bit of a surprise Levein was named national coach a while later. All of this is as I remember it, sure there will be folk who can provide links to the full story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2507703/Dundee-United-manager-Craig-Levein-unrepentant-after-5000-fine-Football.html Looks like I mixed up the referees threat of a strike at the same time as being connected, but Levein, warrior for social justice that he is, did indeed stand his ground over his comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, PauloPerth said: He did. It went on for a while, im sure he was fined and possibly asked to retract his statements, but he wouldn't pay it or back down. He argued he had a right to free speech and was prepared to fight it all the way. I think the refs kicked up because it undermined their position and they might even have threatened to strike? The governing body was shitting itself how it would end, but I'm sure they got both parties together and just brushed it all under the carpet. It was a bit of a surprise Levein was named national coach a while later. All of this is as I remember it, sure there will be folk who can provide links to the full story. Ah yes, that rings bells. I hadn't realised that that situation emerged from that particular game. I suppose such remarks do undermine the authority of refs, but mounting a genuine defence of what McCurry did that day would be impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I think he might have later admitted he got decisions wrong. I went right off Levein over the whole Scotland debacle, but he's one of the few managers in Scotland who you feel doesn't give a damn about keeping the old firm sweet, which is massively to his credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Szamo's_Ammo said: Love CL. One of the few managers unafraid to tell it as it is against the scum. Always liked CL too. Doesn't give a monkey's. That clip has, moreover, reminded me of the ABSOLUTE SPIT that Craig Levein is/was of my youngest brother. Frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Ian Durrant and his vicious kneeing of Neil Simpsons boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Mike McCurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The OP Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 7 hours ago, Retrospect said: I'm working on an article for a new retro blog being released next month. I was wondering what people on here thought was the most controversial moments in football history? I am going against the grain here, but I think the FIFA corruption case, Bernard Tapie match fixing, Juventus match fixing or the war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 would be examples of more controversial moments in football history than an SPL team getting or not getting a penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie Zenit Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, The OP said: I am going against the grain here, but I think the FIFA corruption case, Bernard Tapie match fixing, Juventus match fixing or the war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 would be examples of more controversial moments in football history than an SPL team getting or not getting a penalty. Wait till you see Paul Larkin's devastating exposé of the Lanarkshire Referees' Association, m8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 18 minutes ago, The OP said: I am going against the grain here, but I think the FIFA corruption case, Bernard Tapie match fixing, Juventus match fixing or the war between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969 would be examples of more controversial moments in football history than an SPL team getting or not getting a penalty. I know what you mean - and tbf from the wording of the OP (ha) I'm inclined to think the original intention was that it was meant to be for football across the world - but the fact it's been posted in the Scottish Premiership Forum rather than Misc Other does maybe imply that it's referring to Scottish football history, I suppose. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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