Almost certainly James Tavernier would be disappointed by the reaction on X/Twitter to the announcement of his 500th game for the second biggest team in Glasgow.Disappointed is of course the catchphrase of the Ibrox skipper, how he has made it through to 500 appearances says more about his employers than…
However, looking towards the longer-term, the events of the past week have left Stewart with an even greater need to prove that he is more than just another corporate yes-man — some suit who changes with the direction of the breeze — further up the tree.
Muir’s motivation can only be guessed at, what can be said with certainty is that three times in his Celtic SPFL matches this season the SFA have been forced to go public that one of their full-time VAR officials has failed to properly apply the Laws of the Game
United have since had a meeting with referee chief Willie Collum and have seen and heard the audio. There is a general acceptance from all parties that there wasn’t enough evidence for VAR to intervene and disallow the goal for an offence that had been deemed to be a factual overturn.
They have also demanded to hear the audio of the decision being made – in full – and to be shown the camera angle which provided McDermid with such a steadfast belief than Dalby handled the ball.
All this on top of a Scottish Cup defeat from Queens Park. February 2025 could well run February 2012 closely in terms of hilarity when historians look back and compared the deaths of two football clubs.
On Tuesday February 25 the Record didn’t publish a single word about the fakeover, Jackson has gone off on holiday with his colleagues quietly trying to forget all about last week’s drama as reality dawns.
Billy Dodds, another respected Sportsound voice, is a part of the temporary regime too. Like McCann, he’s been outspoken on where Rangers have been going wrong under Clement. Of the four coaches, he has had the most success by far.
Celtic fans paid £34 to watch Saturday’s match, behind the goal they celebrated Maeda’s equaliser, two minutes later the ‘goal’ was disallowed with only Alan Muir knowing the reason why.
Two and a half years into the journey McCoist bailed out, taking a year on gardening leave as the debts piled up with no legacy in terms of young players emerging away from the pressure of playing in the top flight.
