{"id":570335,"date":"2025-11-14T18:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570335\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:04:17","slug":"rangers-see-var-audio-of-trusty-red-card-blunder-released-as-willie-collum-defence-goes-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/570335\/","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<\/strong> 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:<\/strong> Yellow card given on field. Jack Butland is holding his face.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VAR:<\/strong> 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":570336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[130637,14023,2628,1948,21839,1946,33534,79,101659,16,15,16263,26956],"class_list":{"0":"post-570335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-anthony-ralston","9":"tag-auston-trusty","10":"tag-celtic-fc","11":"tag-jack-butland","12":"tag-premier-sports-cup","13":"tag-rangers-fc","14":"tag-scottish-football-association","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-thelo-aasgaard","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-var","20":"tag-willie-collum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115549378151553449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}