Raging Cambuslang Rangers boss fumes over 'ghastly' referee in defeat

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Fuming Cambuslang Rangers boss Paul McColl blasted “ghastly” referee Steven MacDonald and says he ruined their match against Blantyre Vics.Camby lost the West of Scotland First Division clash 2-1 at the KG Stadium on Saturday and while McColl says the second goal was entirely their fault, he says a penalty given for hand- ball against Terry Hewitt was nonsense.McColl said: “Saturday’s game, we played well enough, but referee Stevie MacDonald...“He’s a nice guy, and I’ll praise referees when they’re good, but he was absolutely ghastly and ruined the game.“He gave about 50 fouls and it was just stop-start.

He gave them a penalty that’s just absolutely stupid. It’s getting daft, now, when they’re giving these daft penalties.“The boy has hit the ball between five and 10 yards from Terry Hewitt and it’s hit the back of his hand.“The penalty is just a joke, and every week or every couple of weeks they’re giving daft penalties or decisions, and it’s costing us big-time.“The penalty is laughable, and he should put his hand up after it.“He told Terry that it hit his hand and he didn’t mean it – why is he giving the penalty, then?!“It’s not fair and it totally ruined the game.

He had an assessor there and they need to stop doing that, or telling them they’re there.“Referees are now under pressure and they’re probably doing everything by the book, but too by the book.”McColl added: “Stevie’s a nice boy but it was just incredible – he tried to send off Ryan Bennett when he hadn’t even been booked, that’s how bad he was!“He was doing daft things like that, balls were out and he was giving it the other way, offsides wrong for both teams.“It was also stop-start, he stopped the game about 50 times and there’s no need for that, either.“I