Ryan Stevenson and the Daily Record are a match made in heaven.
Today Celtic will welcome Daily Record reporters to preview the match with Utrecht.
They will get to question Martin O’Neill in a separate session specifically for Scotland’s ailing print publishers.
The Record will also get access to interview a Celtic player.
The events of Tynecastle will be discussed. Auston Trusty’s red card and Celtic’s rejected appeal.
RECORD DOUBLE STANDARDS
Off the record the Record staff are sneering and laughing at Celtic and Sunday’s match.
They won’t dare mention the backgrounds of Steven McLean and John Beaton.
Appealing to a very limited demographic explains why sales of the Record during December dropped to 37,145. By the end of 2026 that figure could dip below 30,000.
For his own reasons Iain Jamieson, Celtic’s Communications Manager goes out of hisway to help out the Record with exclusive content.
Stevenson is perfect for the Record, appealing straight to their core readership.
Today he opened up his Record column with:
I’m laughing to myself because I find the Celtic reaction to Sunday’s table top clash at Tynecastle completely hysterical.
Appealing against red cards, rolling out conspiracy theories about referees and VAR, opening fire on Derek McInnes for standing up for his own club and resorting to one excuse after another after their team was battered from pillar to post and still got away with a draw.
Too right I find it funny. Because this is a club which has become so entitled and a support which is so used to having things all its own way that they simply can’t handle the truth before their very eyes.
Stevenson wasn’t laughing so much at the 2013 League Cup Final when he collected a runners-up medal despite scoring twice.
Celtic appealed the Trusty red card, on Radio Scotland on Sunday Stevenson admitted that a booking was the correct decision.
There are no conspiracy theories about referees.
THOSE PESKY FACTS!
Steven McLean’s brother Brian was a Rangers youth prospect and reserve team player.
John Beaton’s schoolmates described him as Rangers daft. He has carried that affection on to the 2012 Tribute Act formed by Charles Green.
Celtic weren’t battered from pillar to post at Tynecastle. They lost at that venue in October, they drew 2-2 on Sunday. Only someone appealing to the Record demographic would use that term.
Derek McInnes entered the Celtic technical area at the first goal. McLean and the fourth official took no action.
A few more Celtic fans will likely drop their Daily Record habit reading the tripe from Stevenson.
It is way beyond the stage where Celtic should be ditching their love in with the Record. Only Jamieson can explain why it continues.
So, according to many pundits in the SMSM at Tynecastle Celtic were “battered from pillar to post” and “bullied” etc. Yet the foul count was 22 to 14 – yellows 6 to 3 – reds1to 0. Yet the ‘hysterical’ stats don’t suggest such!
We’ll see if he’s still laughing once the MiB have taken away Hearts title and handed it to Sevco.
No Albert Kidd required.
The MSM will do all they can to dismiss Beatons interference, it’s as sure as night follow follows day .
Just as they rally the hordes when sevco 2012 feel they didn’t get what they are ENTITLED too from a MIB .
You’ll be laughing at the other side of your face when your team get shafted by the crooked c*nts at the bigot dome in a few weeks pal
Stevenson …a proper Rocket ! Readily and ably abetted by another imitation scoop from the daily Record …a ghost typist ! Those tricky words with more than 4 letters can be especially troublesome in sentences to form ? To think the skint Record pays Stevenson a wage for his immaterial and totally meaningless opinions …not even for the benefit of their dozens of readers ? I would have thought the rag might have taken a leaf out of theRangers handbook and got him off the payroll ASAP …surplus to requirements ! Not to be replaced !
Two Cun*s on ma street will be paying around a pound to keep him in a job tomorrow just as they do six days a week…
I shouldn’t call fellow Celtic supporters C*nts but when that Scummy rag is in their hands I’ve every F*ckin right to !