Levein hits out over St Mirren Freeland complaint

DUNDEE UNITED manager Craig Levein last night accused St Mirren of placing referee Alan Freeland under 'undue pressure' ahead of tonight's Scottish Cup fourth-round replay. 'If it was a less experienced referee, I would make more of it. But, because it is Alan, and he has been in...

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Published inDaily mail (London, England)
Main Author BRIAN MARJORIBANKS, PETER JARDINE
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Solo Syndication, a division of Associated Newspapers Ltd 13.02.2008
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Freeland, Alan
Gilmour, Stewart
Levein, Craig
MacPherson, Gus
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Summary:DUNDEE UNITED manager Craig Levein last night accused St Mirren of placing referee Alan Freeland under 'undue pressure' ahead of tonight's Scottish Cup fourth-round replay. 'If it was a less experienced referee, I would make more of it. But, because it is Alan, and he has been in the game a long time, I'm certain he will be able to handle it. 'Any referee who is refereeing a match live on television is under a certain amount of pressure and this has only increased that. 'I just want to stress that it has got nothing to do with us.' It was put to [Stewart Gilmour] that St Mirren must have felt strongly about Freeland to ask the SFA to remove him from the Tannadice rematch, knowing that he could still be in charge. 'It was or we would not have done that but we have no further comment to make,' was Gilmour's curt response.
ISSN:0307-7578