Is this banner really worth a disciplinary charge?
Having ignored chief executive Stewart Regan’s predictions of social unrest and calls of no confidence in Regan the SFA have decided to investigate the tax paying club that is holding their shambolic organisation together.
It’s almost comical that the organisation that turned a blind eye to licensing issues for years then brought out the red carpet for a company that has yet to publish any audited accounts or publish details of their investors should wish to investigate Celtic.
No-one in the stadium made any issue of the banner at the match but it appears that the Compliance Officer of the SFA seems to have got upset while all around the SFA are ignoring their own rules.
A statement from the SFA tonight read: “Disciplinary Rule 26 (Failing to take all such steps as are reasonably practicable to ensure the good conduct and behaviour of Celtic FC supporters at Celtic Park during the above match: by failing to prevent said supporters from bringing into the ground and displaying an offensive banner.)
“Disciplinary Rule 28 (Failing to take all such steps as are reasonably practicable to prevent misbehaviour by spectators at the above match: by failing to prevent spectators from bringing into the ground and displaying an offensive banner.)
“Disciplinary Rule 31 ((i) Failing to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that policies and procedures have been adopted and implemented to prevent instances of Unacceptable Conduct: by failing to prevent spectators at the above match from bringing into the ground and displaying an offensive banner and; (ii) by failing to deal effectively with an instance of Unacceptable Conduct: by allowing spectators to retain possession of said offensive banner after it had been initially displayed, which allowed them to display the banner on a second occasion during the above match.)
“Disciplinary Rule 32 (Failing to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that supporters of Celtic FC did not engage in Unacceptable Conduct at the above match: by failing to prevent said supporters from bringing into the ground and displaying an offensive banner.)”
The irony of being hit with a disrepute charge from the organisation that has employed George Peat, Gordon Smith and Campbell Ogilvie is almost beyond parody.
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