{"id":291994,"date":"2025-11-14T22:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/291994\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:46:12","slug":"rangers-see-var-audio-of-trusty-red-card-blunder-released-as-willie-collum-defence-goes-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/291994\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers see VAR audio of Trusty red card blunder released as Willie Collum defence goes public"},"content":{"rendered":"

The decision to book Trusty by Nick Walsh was backed up by the off-field team during the powderkeg Hampden showdown<\/p>\n

16:59, 14 Nov 2025Updated 17:06, 14 Nov 2025<\/p>\n

\"AustonAuston Trusty makes contact with Jack Butland’s head(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n

Fans are now able to hear exactly why Nick Walsh chose to book Celtic defender Auston Trusty<\/a> for a clash with Jack Butland in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final after the VAR audio was released<\/p>\n

And Willie Collum insists that the SFA can “support” the call by the match officials despite a furious response from Rangers. This confirms the story Record Sport revealed earlier this week that Collum had backed the refereeing team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The USA international was shown a yellow card for catching the Jack Butland<\/a> late in the first half on the Premier Sports Cup semi-final, minutes after Danny Rohl’s side had been reduced to 10 men.<\/p>\n

Thelo Aasgaard<\/a> saw red for a dangerous challenge on Anthony Ralston as Rangers slumped to a 3-1 defeat after extra-time.<\/p>\n

The SFA’s KMI verdict stated that Trusty should have been shown a red card for the flashpoint by ref Nick Walsh and his VAR team of Steven McLean and assistant Andrew Dallas during the Hampden clash.<\/p>\n

Following the defeat, Rangers quickly issued a statement voicing their anger to the SFA and an official request for a meeting with the governing bodies’ bosses was submitted.<\/a><\/p>\n

The VAR audio of has now been released to the public by Sky Sports VAR Review with Clancy instantly telling the VAR team he saw the “reckless’ challenge as a yellow card. McLean would confirm the swipe as “reckless” before allowing play to continue.<\/p>\n

Head of refereeing operations Collum has now gone public with his defence, saying: “We can support the yellow card here in terms of the criteria in the laws of the game.<\/p>\n

\"HeadHead of Refereeing Operations at the SFA Willie Collum<\/p>\n

“It’s important to say that there’s a subjective element to this decision. And we fully respect people’s opinions if they think that’s a red card.<\/p>\n

“But here, the on-field communication is very clear from the referee.<\/p>\n

“The referee comes to the conclusion that this is a reckless action, rather than anything more serious. The VAR look at the images, and they don’t see anything other than that.”<\/p>\n

Collum then turned to the explanation for violent conduct, adding: “We don’t think this is a challenge for the ball.<\/p>\n

“This falls under violent conduct. What the referee and the VAR team then have to consider: excessive force, brutality.<\/p>\n

“The referee comes to the conclusion that there’s not enough force and not enough brutality for him, and the contact is negligible. So, that’s why a yellow card is reached for reckless.”<\/p>\n

VAR audio in full<\/p>\n

AVAR: Yellow card given on field. Jack Butland is holding his face.<\/p>\n

Nick Walsh: I am going to card somebody.<\/p>\n

VAR: Number 6, Celtic. Correct.<\/p>\n

AVAR: Number 6, Celtic, yes.<\/p>\n

VAR: Okay, play it through please.<\/p>\n

Walsh: It’s a yellow card for me. Stevie, on-field decision is a yellow card for a reckless action by Trusty. (To a player) If he comes i’m going to yellow card him, away. James, James, I am going to explain it very clearly to you.<\/p>\n

VAR: Reckless, confirmed, against white 6.<\/p>\n

Walsh: For me, it’s about the level of force, it\u2019s about the use of studs…<\/p>\n

VAR: It’s the side of the foot.<\/p>\n

Walsh: Thank you.<\/p>\n

VAR: No ongoing checks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The decision to book Trusty by Nick Walsh was backed up by the off-field team during the powderkeg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[71708,143803,71705,144571,106387,82409,124831,403,99,143805,152929,144570],"class_list":["post-291994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-anthony-ralston","tag-auston-trusty","tag-celtic-fc","tag-jack-butland","tag-premier-sports-cup","tag-rangers-fc","tag-scottish-football-association","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-thelo-aasgaard","tag-var","tag-willie-collum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}