Statement FC demand that the SFA release Willie Collum audio

It’s Statement O’Clock at Ibrox after Celtic won the Glasgow Derby to go eight points clear at the top of the SPFL Premiership table.

Questioned at their AGM earlier this month Ibrox Chairman John Bennett told angry bears that they would never become Statement FC as they lobbied behind the scenes at the SFA over refereeing issues.

That stance seems to have changed with Ibrox fans, led by Kris Boyd, fuming at the decision not to award a penalty when Alistair Johnston handled the ball in front of an offside Abdallah Sima.

Philippe Clement was booked for his reaction to that incident, as bears fumed over Nick Walsh, Willie Collum and VAR the Ibrox PR machine decided to tell The Sun of their anger and demand for answers:

Rangers have asked the Scottish FA to make the VAR audio available to the club to understand why no penalty was awarded despite a clear hand ball by Celtic’s Alistair Johnston. 

The club is keen to understand the process that led to that decision being made as it was not made public at the time, nor communicated to our team. 

We also understand Sky, as the league’s official broadcaster, is deeply unhappy and confused with the situation. 

Their panel spent half-time in agreement Rangers should have been awarded a penalty, unaware of any offside check. 

Again, this only surfaced in the second half. Rangers remains advocates of VAR, but there must be significantly more transparency for it to be successful in Scotland.

Fans of every club in Scotland would love to have disclosure of VAR conversations that has seen one club go 74 SPFL matches without having a penalty awarded against them.