Old Firm refs; should have screen test; It's time for trail by TV says former whistler Keith Cooper.(Sport) From: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: March 9, 1997| Author: King, Iain | COPYRIGHT 1997 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Keith Cooper last night insisted that TV evidence would have hauled Jim McCluskey out of his Old Firm spot- kick agony.

McCluskey was put under enormous pressure amid the fury of THREE penalty flashpoints as Celtic dumped Rangers 2- 0 in Thursday's Scottish Cup quarter-final.

And Welsh whistler Cooper - who controlled powderkeg derbies in Liverpool, Manchester, North London and Sheffield - believes the time is right to ease the burden on referees.

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