Football fans were left tearing their hair out after a new robot camera kept mistaking a linesman’s bald head for the match ball.
The unmanned device was making its debut at the Inverness Caley Thistle v Ayr United fixture, played behind closed doors because of Covid.
But it was confused by John McCrossan’s clean-shaven napper and kept following it – instead of the ball.
The 1-1 draw was being covered for the first time by TV on a pay per view basis, organised by the SPFL with a hi-tech unmanned camera used to focus on the light-coloured match ball.
Unfortunately the robot Pixellot camera became confused as main stand-side official John ran the line with the autumn sun bouncing off his gleaming pate.
As a result, some of the action was missed, including the build-up to Ayr’s goal.
At full-time, fans hit the club’s Facebook page to lash out.
One poster said: “Ditch the terrible automated camera and get a human to film our next home match.
"Also get any bald linesman to wear a hat or wig in future as the automated camera thought his head was the ball too often.”
A spokesperson for the SPFL said: “We are aware of a few brief instances of wandering cameras and have been assured by Pixellot that they are working to fix it.”
