04 Aug 2013 07:28:43
Willie Collum is a massive Celtic fan. The reason I know this is because he worked (maybe still does) as a Religious Education teacher at Cardinal Newman high school. My cousin was taught by him and was actually surprised that Collum is allowed to referee Celtic games because he is such a big fan of the club. So he may have had a few bad games involving Celtic, but please stop saying he is "anti-Celtic" because that's not the case at all.

1.) 04 Aug 2013
Hugh Keevins, Gerry Mcnee were both Celtic supporters but it doesn't stop them being total bellends just like Collum definitely is . DH

2.) 04 Aug 2013
I think conflict of interest works both ways. He is a Celtic fan, so he doesn't want to be seen to be biased, so he is a bit harder on the bhoys. I don't think he should be allowed to referee Celtic or rangers games, and I think referees should have to declare their allegiance, and be disallowed from refereeing games involving them or their rivals.
Just an opinion
No Name Poster.

3.) 04 Aug 2013
He's self conflicted then and to keep himself from criticism is harsher on the club than a neutral unconflicted official.

He gets it wrong. He did so AGAIN yesterday.

The problem is other officials are pro SEVCO through and through.

4.) 04 Aug 2013
Is that u king William gollum of sevconia .your on the wrong page
Cha67

5.) 04 Aug 2013
Did he ever referee SEVCO in the fourth tier?

6.) 04 Aug 2013
NAW he's JUST A CRAP REF. END OF .no bigotry no conspiracy, just Willie is crap at HIS PART TIME JOB, . ,, .fact.al geri.

7.) 04 Aug 2013
The problem is that Collum has to be seen to be harder on Celtic than any other referee otherwise he will be accused of pro-Celtic bias. That's probably why it took him so long to be given an OF game - he actually refereed an international match first! IMO he is so afraid of losing his Grade-A status that he will happily muck us over time and again. Yesterday was mild in comparison - remember the penalty he gave for Clubfoot's swan-dive when he (Collum) had his back to play? Then there's the three penalties he awarded Oldco while sending off three Hearts players. I'm not in favour of referee's declaring their allegiances - you'd get the laughable situation of 20 Partick Thistle or Pollock Juniors supporting top-flight whistlers. My solution would be to have foreign referees in the SPFL like we had a couple of years ago.

TomTheTim

8.) 04 Aug 2013
So if he's such a massive Celtic fan then why did he give a penalty in an Old Firm derby to Rangers a few years ago when Broadfoot clearly dived and Collum didn't see it? Get real.

9.) 04 Aug 2013
He is not a Celtic fan. I know him personally and he is a self-proclaimed Motherwell fan. Always has been.

10.) 04 Aug 2013
This is ridiculous. He's been guilty of some dreadful decisions against us but that's just part and parcel of football. I doubt that he consciously treats us worse to avoid criticism from other teams. The fact is that we as Celtic fans like to believe that everybody is against us in order to create a siege mentality. I think it can be a good thing at times but other times it can be a bit tedious and embarrassing
Kevbhoy

11.) 04 Aug 2013
04 Aug 2013 16:54:01
He's just utter keech!

Iain

12.) 04 Aug 2013
OP away back to your own page and read about forfar, its FACT collum is NOT a celtic man, ., .kbarry

13.) 04 Aug 2013
Welcome to the site Willy. Please do not try and excuse your continuing biased and utter incompetence by pretending you are a Celtic fan. I have seen many, many 'honest mistake merchants' since the 60's and you are another 'SFA agent' who's job it is to give every 50/50 decision the other way, disallow goals and ignore as many legit penalty claims by Celtic players as you can manage in a season.

JJ

14.) 04 Aug 2013
Don't see what difference it makes? Guy is paid to do a job even if he needs a bit of help with it lol

15.) 04 Aug 2013
He is consistent when refereeing Celtic games.

He gets so many big decisions wrong.

It was def a penalty and he was in perfect sight.

16.) 04 Aug 2013
I would just like to say you do not have to be a RC to be a Celtic fan, me and many others are not so let's be a bit bigger than that or we will start sounding like that new club The Rangers. {Ed007's Note - Nobody has even said anything about that.
It seems all the small-minded, anonymous little trolls took what they wanted to out of the OP. The point is he backed up his claim by stating he knew what his job and that he had taught his cousin who would obviously know him. Feeling a bit insecure tonight are we. Or are you just trying to stir up an argument over religion..... Coincidentally you do need to be an RC to teach Religious Studies at an RC school, who'd have thought it eh?}

17.) 05 Aug 2013
Again I know him and his family personally
dont want to go into it too deeply for that reason
but even as a wee boy - he was always into the rules of the game rather than just supporting the team.
he is a good guy - just as all refs sometimes he makes mistakes - but if he sees a genuine penalty/ no penalty, he will call it, regardless what teams are playing. and he can get them wrong, just like you would if you did that job.

18.) 05 Aug 2013
His refereeing skills are abysmal. If he is as bad in his teaching job he must be on borrowed time. JK

19.) 05 Aug 2013
At the end of the day,, William Collum is a CHEAT, ., .kbarry