‘It’s cheating mate’ ‘Utter gaslighting poppycock’ ‘Bigger cheerleader then Derek Johnstone’ Celtic fans trash the Jonny McFarlane and Tom English TagTeam

In a very strange coincidence a lot of top reporters suddenly discovered an IFAB Q and A, not the Laws of the Game, at roughly the same time on Tuesday morning.

Like a dog with a bone they all rushed to their laptops, copied and pasted and then clicked on PUBLISH with some glee to prove that John Beaton and Willie Collum are honest men applying the Laws of the Game. Among them Tom English and Jonny McFarlane, the Blue Whales of the internet.

Their despair, desperation and relief was obvious. It never changed anything about the second half incident at Ibrox where the two Lanarkshire officials decided not to award Celtic a penalty.

Had Ange Postecoglou’s team drawn level at that stage there were reasons to fear that they could have gone on to win the game, open up a 12 point gap that would have finished the season and left Micky Beale with an even bigger mess to try and resolve.

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As sure as Collum and Beaton came to their decisions out came the apologists, the ones that were silent and in hiding over penalties awarded against Alexandro Bernabei and Matt O’Riley earlier in the season.

In 20 SPFL matches no Scottish referee has awarded a penalty against the Ibrox Tribute Act. In 10 UEFA matches this season they conceded four penalties.

I suppose the decisions given depend on whether the match officials were members of the Lanarkshire Referee Association or not.

Paul Gascoigne was sent off twice in UEFA matches as a Rangers player before a Scottish referee found the courage.

In over 400 matches for Rangers Derek Johnstone was sent off twice, both against Swiss clubs in European matches.

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