Neil Lennon rolled back the years last weekend in the Dunfermline Athletic dugout.
The Celtic hero may only be in the manager’s job at East End Park a few weeks but he showed his fiery side as they lost 1-0 to Hamilton Accies on Saturday.
The Northern Irishman was livid at some refereeing decisions which he claims wrongfully went against his side as they face a potential relegation scrap in the Scottish Championship.
And now, according to reports in the Scottish Sun, the 53-year-old has landed himself in hot water as he received an official warning from the Scottish FA over his outburst.
Neil Lennon receives official SFA warning over ref blast
Lennon was livid with whistler Euan Anderson for his handling of the clash in Scotland’s second tier as the boss suggested he would take his complaints to ref chief Willie Collum for clarity.
He said after the match on Saturday: “I don’t know if Hamilton or the referee’s decisions beat us today.
“I’ve seen some strange decisions this week and a lot have gone against my team.
“We’ll talk to Willie Collum about it, it’s not good enough.”
Lennon might be justified in feeling aggrieved with the calls from the ref as the result leaves his side languishing near the wrong end of the division.
The Pars are just three points ahead now of rock-bottom Airdrieonians with a humungous fixture between the two struggling clubs still to come at East End Park later this month.
Lennon’s side had a Lewis McCann goal ruled out for a foul which the manager claimed was guess work by the official.
Lennon blasted ‘abysmal’ refereeing
They then had a penalty shout disregarded with “two hands on the back” of a Dunfermline attacking player that was not penalised.
And the former Hoops manager and player was not happy.
On the other decisions he added: “We had a perfectly good goal disallowed. That’s three games at this level and the standard of refereeing has been abysmal.
“Lewis got a touch to it first, he beat the goalkeeper to the ball. How the referee decides that’s a foul, I think he’s guessed.
“We possibly could have had a penalty, it’s two hands on the back. It looked a penalty.”
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