‘There’s something dodgy going on’ ‘Shocking but no surprise’ ‘ridiculous decision’ Celtic fans react to Tynecastle honest mistake

According to the podcast hosted by Lindsay Herron it was very surprising that a penalty claim involving Andy Halliday fouling Alistair Johnston at Tynecastle wasn’t reviewed.

It seems that the Sports Editor of the Scottish Express hasn’t been paying much attention to the way that VAR has influenced football this season. Many Celtic fans feel that it is a levelling up tool with Ange Postecoglou’s side starting matches on -1.

Since VAR was introduced in mid-October six penalties have been awarded against Celtic in SPFL matches with four given to the hoops. In mid-March Celtic have still to have a penalty awarded at home in the SPFL.

Meanwhile across the city it is 18 months since a penalty has been awarded against the Ibrox Tribute Act.

Despite a multitude of claims not one referee has dared to point to the penalty spot in the SPFL since Kevin Clancy did that at Pittodrie in January 2022. Steven Glass and Jim Goodwin have come and gone, Scott Brown has retired and moved to Fleetwood since Allan McGregor last faced an SPFL penalty.

On Saturday Halliday made his trademark late challenge, arriving a split second after the ball was crossed, crashing into Johnston to ensure that he wouldn’t be further involved in the move.

Kevin Clancy and his assistant watched it live, in the VAR studio Willie Collum didn’t even request that the match was paused to allow him to review the clash from a couple of angles.

Collum, Clancy and the rest of the Lanarkshire Refereeing Association watched the World Cup in Qatar from their living rooms, no Scottish officials are expected at next year’s European Championships in Germany.

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