If they want to dig they’ll know that there is one link between Beaton, Muir and Fourth Official Steven McLean. And it’s not that they are Celtic supporters, quite the reverse.
During a two hour counselling session for angry bears there was one statistic that SSB carefully avoided tonight.Gordon Duncan can reel off the Laws of the Game without any question while angling the direction of the conversation to promote and protect his newest bestie, Willie Collum and his lucrative sideline…
Perched in a seat close to where the West Stand meets the North Stand, Novin holds the camera steady as Maeda’s penalty hits the back of the net for the deciding moment in a contest that lasted close to three hours.
No matter how much you might brace yourself and prepare for it bad news always hits hard with McCann eager to hit out at an alleged penalty for a foul by Liam Scales during the League Cup Final.
Maeda ran straight to Schmeichel who had no more penalties to face, the trophy was won and a party was about to start almost three hours after the match had been scheduled to start.
At Tynecastle in March Beaton was quick to spot a ‘handball’ by Tomoki Iwata, called Don Robertson over for a VAR review with the decision to award a penalty inevitable. At Hampden in May he was much more reluctant to get involved.
We don’t have to tell everyone………… but we just want to win and to win well and then hopefully get into out next game and look to the next trophy
The 21-year-old midfielder is under contract with Ajax until May 2028 but according to the well informed Gianluca di Marzio Celtic are showing interest in a January deal.
It was a case of wrong player, wrong club and wrong time as Kenny joined a Celtic side in free fall with Neil Lennon resigning less than a month after the loan signing was made.
Since the 5-1 victory over Slovan Bratislava in September the home match against the Swiss champions has been viewed as another prime opportunity to pick up points. Any win will ensure further progress, even a draw could be good enough but no-one at Celtic will be thinking that way on…