A culture of complicity at Hampden?

That which is cultural is not amenable to reason. I recall an interaction with an English journalist in the summer of 2012 when I tried to give him some equivalent of Rangers in his country, apropos the incestuous relationship between Ibrox and the football authorities at Hampden. Dear reader, I couldn’t find any club that had such a close connection to the FA over many generations. Concerns about this rather bowling club cosiness still lingers when it comes to match officials. The featured image demonstrates how they do things in England. Quite simply, ANY official with a close emotional connection