How UEFA will deal with clubs failing to comply with their Sustainability Rules is still to be determined. Fines, squad reductions or expulsion are all options open to ensuring Fair Play across their three competitions.
The Union Bears have been relocated this season to the Copland Road Stand, at the final whistle in front of a near empty stadium Phil Clement led his players to salute the fans who stood under a banner reading RANGERS RIOT CREW.
The registration process is unclear, clubs might submit their squads directly to UEFA or more likely through the SFA to ensure that all of the players are indeed signed and contracted. Sandy Bryson has previous.
Getting onto the UEFA list is the target for most aspiring referees, opening up access to business class travel, very generous expenses and match fees, something that Douglas Ross used to take full advantage of.
Beaton is far from a lone wolf, it seems that all of the referees that reach the top under Crawford Allan have adopted similar decision making patters, in marked contrast with how UEFA match officials deal with the two Glasgow clubs.
With trust and respect for the board at rock bottom it was no surprise that across Twitter the reaction to the Celtic statement was overwhelmingly negative.
UEFA mathematicians have almost taken over the competition with a 10 year co-efficient determining how a certain pot of money is split between the 32 teams in the Champions League group stage.
English went into great depth about the atmosphere and passion created but chose to ignore one vital detail, a banner from the Union Bears that is certain to bring further sanctions and stand closures from UEFA.
Unusually money doesn’t seem to be a problem for Celtic in their transfer dealings although every £1m comes in handy as would some Champions League win bonuses.
With Ridvan Yilmaz injured in training it looks like Borna Barisic will have to be selected with no interest from elsewhere in the Croat who is in the final year of his contract.