Anyone but Celtic: Inside the culture that created the Lanarkshire Referees Association

Download or read book Anyone but Celtic: Inside the culture that created the Lanarkshire Referees Association written by Paul Larkin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Can you keep a secret? Will you be loyal? How old is your Granny? If you can answer these questions positively, you may be ready for the Lanarkshire Referees Association. Don't worry about things like ability, athleticism or experience, they are already in your report..." Why have the Lanarkshire Referees Association been allowed to act however they like in Scottish football, with impunity, since at least 1960? What sort of culture allows institutional bias to go on for decades? Probably the sort that allows the Lanarkshire Referees Association to have a policy of recruitment designed to ensure anyone but Celtic win football matches. Welcome to Scotland...