SFA official Alan Muir has been told his VAR career is OVER.
The former ref blundered by disallowing a Celtic goal against Hibs at Easter Road on February 22 that should not have been overturned
And SunSport understands he’s now paid the price for the error with boss Willie Collum wielding the axe.
Muir was initially kept off matches for two weeks.
But after behind-the-scenes discussions with Collum and VAR Manager Martin Atkinson, a decision has been made to see him taken off Premiership action for good.
Muir made another high profile mistake in the Premier Sports Cup final at Hampden back in December when he failed to spot that a tug from Celtic star Alistair Johnston which led to a Rangers free-kick being awarded WAS on the line and should have been a penalty.
It’s understood Muir accepts the outcome of talks and is likely to stay working with the SFA as a ref’s observer.
The blunder at Easter Road came when he watched reruns and ruled the ball has gone out of play seconds before Daizen Meada scored.
Celts lost the match and furious Brendan Rodgers branded the decision ‘guesswork’ with Collum later admitting it Muir got it wrong.
He told The VAR Review show: “The starting point is – what is the on-field decision?
“The on-field decision is the assistant referee keeps the flag down and a goal is scored.
So as far as the assistant referee is concerned the ball has not gone out of play.
“The VAR and AVAR of course go into a check, which they’re expected to do. They need to assess with the cameras and the footage available if the ball’s out of play.
“You hear the VAR at one point saying you know it looks like the ball’s out of play from a particular angle and the AVAR correctly says ‘I don’t think you can be conclusive there’.
“Then an angle appears from the main camera which is zoomed in and you hear a reaction.
“However what I want to be very clear about in this clip and we coach the VARs and the AVARs to be certain about this.
“You need 100% conclusive evidence to disallow the goal here and prove that the ball is over the goal line and in this case that’s not possible.
“It’s not possible to prove categorically that the ball has crossed the goal line fully because we know from previous examples at World Cups, a ball can look out from certain angles.
“But then when you look at the camera above, a slight part, a millimetre of the ball can be overhanging that goal line and that’s enough to say the ball’s in play.
“So on this occasion, for us, we expect the on-field decision to be supported and a goal awarded.
“I would also say if the assistant referee had flagged here and said in his opinion the ball had crossed the line for a goal kick we would also expect that decision to be supported because there’s no 100 percent conclusive evidence. It’s impossible to prove otherwise.”
Furious Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers accused him of GUESSING whether the ball was out or not.
He said: “My take is the official Alan Muir has had a guess at it because the linesman arguably has the best view in the stadium and he doesn’t give it
