The “player behind you” foul

BobbyShearer

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Is there a more infuriating thing in Scottish football refereeing than this?

Player in possession of the ball knows someone is approaching behind to challenge and falls over when the player is within 3ft resulting in an instant foul from an obliging official.

Must happen to us about 3 times a match at least and it drives me mental.
Has gotten to the stage where I’m saying to people we should be calling it out in press conferences- do I need help? :D
 
No help needed mate, hearts played snide and cynical and were facilitated by a weak referee in Robertson

The number of times the far side linesman was conned by the hearts players turning their backs to him while they pulled our players down so his view was obstructed was astounding

They played the game and got their reward
 
It happens in every game all over the world. Denayer’s dive was the worst I have ever seen but the linesman was right beside it and bought it. Defenders know when they are under pressure it is the easy way out.
 
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