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WILLIE COLLUM will be the man in charge of Saturday’s first league meeting between Celtic and Rangers in four years.

Collum has been appointed to officiate the huge clash of the Glasgow rivals by the SFA.

He will be assisted by Frank Connor, Douglas Ross and fourth official Kevin Clancy for the meeting at Celtic Park.

The 37-year-old led a Scottish team of officials at this summer’s European Championships in France.

However, he has been no stranger to controversy on the domestic scene.

He was criticised after his 2010 debut in this fixture when he awarded Rangers a penalty in their 3-1 win, pointing to the spot after Hoops defender Daniel Majstorovic had tangled with Kirk Broadfoot.

In his only other Glasgow derby encounter, Collum failed to award Rangers a goal despite Lee Wallace's header crossing the line in a match Celtic would win 1-0 in 2011.

In his two derby matches, Collum has dished out eleven yellow cards and no red cards but both matches have been marred by major talking points.

Collum was also dropped from Premiership games for several weeks in last season after high profile errors in February.

He was given a break from Premiership action after awarding a soft penalty against Aberdeen's Ash Taylor against Inverness

He also failed to award a penalty at the other end when Caley Thistle's Lewis Horner hauled down Graeme Shinnie

Craig Thomson was the man in the middle for the last two meetings of Celtic and Rangers - in the League Cup semi final in February 2015 and last season’s Scottish Cup semi final.