The embattled Scottish Football Association is facing further crisis after reports late Friday claimed top refereeing official Hugh Dallas had resigned from his post as the SFA's head of referee development.
The SFA is currently negotiating a widespread referees strike, which has forced officials to call in reinforcements from around Europe in order to maintain this weekend's league programmes.
While those efforts have proved a mitigated success -- some referees have agreed to help while others, including those from Poland and Portugal, performed late about-turns -- news of Dallas's resignation has not come as a total surprise.
