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School is in for referees of the future

INTERVIEW SFA launch course to give teenagers grounding in match official's role

NEVER has there been a tougher time to be a referee. Scotland’s match officials were at the centre of controversy after controversy last season: from the departure from the game of Dougie McDonald’s after events involving Celtic at Tannadice, to the death threats made against Willie Collum after he took charge of an Old Firm match for the first time, to November’s strike.