BACK PAGE BULLETIN: TOP REF ADMITS HE DENIED EX-CELT A ‘BLATANT PENALTY’...

A FORMER top referee has revealed he denied ex-Celtic loan star Craig Bellamy “a blatant penalty-kick”. Mark Clattenburg, England’s FIFA-rated match official, admitted he thought the much-travelled Welsh international striker was “the most irritating player” he had encountered during his days as a whistler south of the border...