I've been involved in football almost all of my life. I've played, coached, and worked as a match official for the FAMOA. I've been a referee, assistant referee, fourth official, a referees tutor, mentor, and an assessor. It's fair to say that I love the beautiful game.

I've officiated in more than one country, and one of the benefits of this has been to see and admire different playing styles, different cultures, and different approaches to how match officials are interpreted. I remember talking to another match official about Pierluigi Collina and I expressed my opinion that at the time, he was the best in the world. Imagine my surprise when he replied and told me that he wasn't even the best referee in Italy! Opinions, opinions ey?

One thing that remains consistent though, are the IFAB Laws of the Game. They may be translated into different languages, but from Law 1 through Law 17, the content remains the same.

Based on this, regardless of where you are in this world, a free kick is a free kick, and a Penalty kick is a Penalty. One set of Laws, the world over.

So what did I see in Hampden Park on Sunday? In every single country in the world, a penalty kick would be awarded for a foul on an attacking player in the opponents penalty area, so why not Scotland? With the introduction of VAR, it's even easier to get those big decisions right and apply consistency to the Laws of the Game.

So, why are the Laws of the Game interpreted differently in Scotland? Simple really.

There is corruption at all levels, including the highest level of Scottish football. What is behind it? Bigotry, an inability to remain neutral in a hostile environment, hatred, incompetence, criminal activity?

Some of those, maybe even all of them.

I saw cheating by match officials on Sunday at Hampden, but was it just to help the officials favourite football team, or was it done for financial gain?

I'll ask again: if the Cerny - Scales incident is a Penalty kick in every other country on the planet, why not Scotland? You decide.