Paris, France - April 8: Steven Gerrard during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final First Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Liverpool FC at Parc des Princes on April 8, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tnani Badreddine/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images)
The pain of Celtic’s 56th title success spread all the way to Wembley Stadium.
After the emotion of Celtic Park the FA Cup Final was a tepid affair between Chelsea and Manchester City.
Two of the highest spending clubs in the history of football but unable to hold a candle to the emotions and magic of Celtic.
Apparently the whole word was watching the SPFL title race. No they weren’t.
The worldwide angle was used by those trying to mask their delight at Celtic possibly losing the SPFL title.
Russell Martin and Danny Rohl had crashed and burned.
All hope was on the shoulders of Derek McInnes, a manager with one League Cup victory on his CV. Less than Callum Davidson.
Ultimately McInnes failed to deliver. Celtic are once again champions of Scotland with all those engaged neutrals left to lick their wounds.
TNT had a couple of managerial flops on co-commentary duties for the FA Cup Final.
Describing Steven Gerrard and Ally McCoist as Dumb & Dumber would be seen as a compliment. Only Kris Boyd comes can rival them.
CHAMPIONS CELTIC- ALWAYS ON THEIR MIND
While on duty at Wembley the pain of Celtic’s success was never far from their minds.
Watching the paint dry at Wembley the Daily Record picked up on the obsessed mutterings of McCoist and Gerrard:
As replays rolled, TNT Sports lead commentator Darren Fletcher said: “I’ll tell you something. If you give a penalty for that, we might as well all go home.”
And McCoist – who had a meltdown over the Hoops’ 95th-minute VAR spotkick award at Fir Park on Wednesday – quickly fired back: “Wrong country.”
The comment sparked laughter in the gantry, with former Rangers boss Gerrard joking: “He couldn’t help himself.”
McCoist then sarcastically replied: “Sorry about that.”
But Gerrard backed his sidekick, adding: “I agree with you by the way.”
It comes after McCoist branded Scottish football a “laughing stock” after Motherwell’s Sam Nicholson was penalised for a handball – with Kelechi Iheanacho scoring the winning goal to keep Celtic’s title dreams alive.
McCoist went much further than describing Scottish football as a laughing stock.
Underneath the cheeky chappie exterior presented to English TV audiences is a bitter, twisted, hard-core angry bear.
Someone that can’t come to terms with a level playing field. Where you can only field players that you can afford. Paying full National Insurance and Income Tax.
In 14 years the Tribute Act have failed miserably.
Hopefully McCoist and Gerrard can return one day to form a managerial dream-team at Ibrox.
Who burnt your bus Ally?
Would that be the same Gerrard whose side were once awarded 4 penalties in a single match against St Mirren by Andrew Dallas? Then said with a straight face in the interview that he thought there should have been 5?
You couldn’t mark their necks with a blowtorch.
Lol,who needs Dumb&Dumber when you can have Jack&Victor.
Then you also have the village idiot who you couldn’t keep off Sky every week or weekend,only to go missing the last game if the season.
Oh how we feel al their pain.
As for McInnes had he won yesterday I think he would have sevco’s manager for next season,but that fall at the last hurdle means he is ruled out,as they can now see he doesn’t have the bottle get it over the line.
Sitting top the league for 250 days and SHIT his vigilantes the last day.