John Niblock

Booking Agent - Atonal Agency / @PartickThistle Fan

[Sky Sports Scotland @ScotlandSky]

🗣️ “You can hear what Firhill thinks about that!”

Aidan Fitzpatrick equalises for Partick Thistle against St Mirren, GAME ON 🟡

[Transfers Scotland @transferscot]

You can’t say that it is a clear and obvious error.

SFA are never beating the allegations

[NS @NS_1872]

I’m calling it now - Hearts will absolutely not be allowed to win it at Celtic Park in a million years.

It’s a shame really. No wonder Scottish football isn’t taken even remotely seriously.

[SPFL Mediawatch @SPFLWatch]

That is an absolute joke of a decision.

[The Steelmen Dispatch @SteelmenNews]

Sickening. Hearts don’t stand a chance with these refs

[John Niblock @n1block]

@chris_sutton73 Ex-Celtic player sticking up for a joke decision for Celtic. I’m shocked…

[Transfers Scotland @transferscot]

11 teams in the Premiership don’t get a penalty for that

[Scotland’s Coefficient @scotlandscoeff1]

My take: the ball hitting a hand is not always a handball offence. You have to either

1.) deliberately touch the ball with your hand, or
2.) ball hits your hand/arm when it's made your body unnaturally bigger.

This isn't deliberate, and if the ball hits his hand - which is on his forehead in the middle of a normal footballing challenge - he hasn't made his body unnaturally bigger. Because the ball would have hit his head anyway, so his hand on his head does not make his body unnaturally bigger.

Furthermore, VAR can only recommend an on-field review for a clear and obvious error. There is only one camera angle available, which does not show that the referee has missed a clear and obvious error. We can't see clearly where the ball hits.

This is categorically not what VAR was brought in for, and it all needs ripped up in the summer. This is a really poor look for Scottish football, as you can see from the international condemnation online since the game.

You really have to feel for Hearts. Unless you're a Celtic fan of course, that must have been class. But if you're not a Celtic fan. Deary me. Could be a generation defining decision, never mind season defining!

[Footy Accumulators @FootyAccums]

We thought VAR & PGMOL were bad.

Whether the ball did hit the Motherwell player's hand or not...

They've just handed a potential title-deciding win, using one inconclusive angle and a 15 second monitor check.

Absolutely diabolical from the Scottish officials. 😅

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

This might be the worst VAR decision I’ve seen (and there’s a lot of competition). Extraordinary given the significance.

[Jeff Stelling @JeffStelling]

Seriously that is never a handball at Fir Park. The boy headed it 20 yards. The ref takes one look after VAR calls him over. Embarrassing for Scottish football.

[Scotland’s Coefficient @scotlandscoeff1]

👏 Partick Thistle complete an unbeaten home league season for just the sixth time in their history!

In the history of Scottish football, only Celtic (25 times) & Rangers (22 times) have achieved an unbeaten home league season more often than Partick Thistle (6).

[The 30 ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @The_Thirty_]

Partick Thistle have gone a WHOLE league season unbeaten at home 👏

• 18 Games
• 12 Wins
• 6 Draws
• 0 Defeats

Only them and Hearts* have that record this season in the SPFL, the Jags’ last league defeat at Firhill was in April last year! 🇧🇪

[Partick Thistle FC @PartickThistle]

🏰 An unblemished home league record.

The first Championship side to do it in a decade.

[Partick Thistle FC @PartickThistle]

Partick Thistle haven’t won a league game at Stark’s Park since 30 minutes ago.

[STV Radio Football Show @STVFootballShow]

😡 @EwenDCameron: "There have been some poor VAR decisions this season, that's one of the WORST!!"

😕 @STVRonnie: "The ref team must've seen the deflection, that's INCREDIBLE!!"

Was the penalty awarded against Partick Thistle last night one of the worst of the season? 🤔📺

[BBC Sport Scotland @BBCSportScot]

What a goal for Thistle and it's game on in this Scottish Cup tie!

Ben Stanaway catches the ball on the volley on the edge of the box and fires home to haul the Jags back into this quarter-final 💪

Watch on BBC Scotland

#BBCScotland #ScottishCup

[John Niblock @n1block]

Joke

[The 30 ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @The_Thirty_]

Penalty given for this.

The correct decision? 🤔

[The 30 ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @The_Thirty_]

What a goal by Ben Stanway 😮‍💨

Thistle pull one back in this quarter final! 🇧🇪