Celtic v Dundee United – Nick Walsh gets whistle, Kevin Clancy on VAR duties

The Celtic Star

·14 February 2025

Celtic v Dundee United – Nick Walsh gets whistle, Kevin Clancy on VAR duties

Nick Walsh has been appointed referee for Saturday’s Scottish Premiership encounter between Celtic and Dundee United…

Arne Engels unhappy at Nick Walsh. Photo Vagelis Georgariou for The Celtic Star.

Dundee Utd sandwiched between Bayern matches

Brendan Rodgers’ side will be aiming to recover after their gruelling 2-1 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League knockout playoff first leg on Wednesday evening.

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The Hoops travel to Bavaria next Tuesday for the second leg – and despite the chances of progression to the last 16 of the competition being slim, Rodgers’ men can take belief from their organised and disciplined performance two days ago.

Auston Trusty, Adam Idah, Alistair Johnston, Arne Engels and Jeffrey Schlupp acknowledge the fans following the UEFA Champions League match between Celtic and Bayern München at Celtic Park on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

First versus third in the Scottish Premiership

Meanwhile, Dundee United remain third in the Scottish Premiership despite losing four of their last five matches in the league. Aberdeen sit two points behind the Tangerines whilst Hibs, who are 10 unbeaten in all competitions, are now just four points away from third spot.

It was only last month Jim Goodwin’s men visited Glasgow’s east end where they were comprehensively beaten 2-0 courtesy of strikes from Japanese duo Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate.

Reo Hatate of Celtic celebrates scoring the second goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Dundee United at Celtic Park on January 08, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Nick Walsh has whistle, Kevin Clancy on VAR

Nick Walsh will take charge of this Premiership clash. The experienced whistler was most recently the man in the middle for Celtic’s Scottish Cup fourth round tie against Kilmarnock at Paradise in January.

This will be the 34 year-old’s fifth game overseeing Celtic this season. Walsh was referee for the Hoops’ 2-0 win over Hibs at Easter Road in August, 2-2 draw versus Jimmy Thelin’s Aberdeen in October and Rodgers’ men’s hard-fought 2-0 victory against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in November.

Referee Nicolas Walsh . (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)

Assisting Walsh on-field will be linesman Frank Connor and Alistair Taylor. Manning VAR duties at Clydesdale House is Kevin Clancy with Alan Mulvanny taking up the role as AVAR.

Kick-off for tomorrow’s fixture at Paradise is 3:00pm and will be shown live on Celtic TV for subscribers based outside Britain and Ireland.

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