Aberdeen vs Celtic Scottish Cup final officials confirmed
Celtic and Aberdeen will meet in the showpiece clash, which will bring the curtain down on the Scottish season, at Hampden a week on Saturday.
It comes after the Hoops won 5-1 in a dress rehearsal on Wednesday night, goals scored by Maik Nawrocki, Yang, Luke McCowan, Johnny Kenny and Adam Idah.
Experienced whistler Robertson will take charge of the game after the Scottish FA announced their officiating teams for the huge clash, in which Celtic will hope to complete another domestic Treble.
On the other hand, it could secure a memorable first season in the Granite City for Jimmy Thelin, who had a sensational start to life with the Dons before falling away.
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The assistant referees will be Ross Macleod and David Dunne while Colin Steven is on fourth official duty.
Greg Aitken takes charge of VAR for the final and will be assisted by Sean Carr.
For the Women's Scottish Cup final, played the following day, Dan McFarlane is the referee and is assisted by Brian Christie and Vikki Allan.
Abbie Hendry is fourth official with Calum Scott on VAR and assisted by Alan Mulvanny.
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