Mild mannered Craig Brown slams officials

Craig Brown has almost always been one of the most mild mannered characters in the game but after seeing his side disallowed a goal that would have put them two goals in front of Rangers he lost his cool.

Television evidence has showed that there was nothing wrong with Ross Forbes tap in as the Rangers defence was opened up.

John Gilmour, the far side linesman, had a clear view of the incident but raised his flag as the ball hit the back of the net.

On first viewing it did look as if Forbes or even Steven Craigan must have been offside but both players timed their runs perfectly- or so they thought.

Brown spent over a decade as an SFA employee but found it hard to hold back his anger at the decision and confronted the officials after the match.

The former Scotland boss said: "I feel very aggrieved. All he has to do is look along the line.

"I've had this feeling before at international level when the other team gets decisions like these and now I know what it feels like at club level. I call them big team decisions.

"There's a sense of injustice in the dressing room. I really feel that at 2-0 the game would have been over.

"I've always been an advocate of not criticising the officials so I won't do that - certainly not publicly. I've seen the TV evidence which would indicate the goal was okay.

"But the officials have got jobs to do and they do them honestly. Unfortunately we didn't get the goal, which I think would have finished the game because we were very comfortable at that point.

"I was told that both Craigan and Forbes were onside but I don't want to be a moaner and a complainer. "You get some decisions and some you don't. We didn't get that one but we might get one in the next game. We just have to accept it."

The SFA may be interested in Brown's comments and ask the Motherwell boss to explain himself at Hampden.
Four months on from asking the SFA for the criteria for referring decisions to the Review Panel it appears that Celtic are still awaiting an answer from the games rulers.

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