Nick de Marco’s Celtic message after his Hampden appeal
Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Rangers - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - December 30, 2023 General view of snow inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Nick de Marco seems satisfied by his brief visit to Scotland to represent Brendan Rodgers in his appeal against a Notice of Complaint from the SFA.
The Celtic boss had accused John Beaton of incompetence in a number of media interviews given after Celtic lost 2-0 to Hearts at the start of the month.
Soon after 2pm today The Sun published the outcome of today’s hearing, a two match touchline ban for Rodgers but crucially one of those matches is suspended dependent on Rodgers’ good behaviour between now and the end of the season.
Will the transcript ever be made public. I , and many others would be extremely interested in how the sfa justified those decisions especially the handball or was this hearing not actually covering the context only the response to it? Genuine question. Cheers
— padron ? (@gargrave67) March 28, 2024
With one club statement Celtic appear to have closed the case, the club is clearly disappointed but no explanation has been given over the decisions taken by John Beaton and Don Robertson at Tynecastle.
Refereeing issues appear to be beyond explanation despite intensive media coverage with 50,000 Celtic Season Ticket holders committing £600 and more for domestic matches.
Normally Rodgers would host a media conference tomorrow to discuss the match at Livingston, after being suspended from doing his job in the dug-out he might opt out of tomorrow’s media duties.