Two Rangers players have been formally issued with Fixed Penalty notices by Police Scotland and attending a house party in breach of the current Covid restrictions. The Ibrox club, founded in 2012, has now formally suspended their player George Edmundson and Jordan Jones and have stated that an internal investigation will now take place with both players being told to self-isolate for 14 days.
While theRangers have acted properly – as indeed have Police Scotland – it is worth pointing out that similar to the Boli Bolingoli situation and the Aberdeen players night on the town earlier in the season, all three clubs have to accept that their fixtures have to be cancelled as a result of these breaches by individual players. Celtic and Aberdeen both had top accept two games being postponed – after the direct intervention of the First Minister – and no theRangers can expect no less themselves after their players have broken the rules.
Indeed it is also worth remembering that Nicola Sturgeon issued the Scottish game with a yellow card after the Boli/Aberdeen breaches and said that if there was any further breaches then a red card could follow. The Scottish game therefore waits to see if Sturgeon is minded to reach into her top pocket again and a red card could see the game close down for an extended period.
Celtic Supporters, reacting to this breaking news are in no doubt that theRangers must be punished in exactly the same way as both Celtic and Aberdeen. Celtic missed out on games against St Mirren (subsequently rearranged and played) and Aberdeen and that fixture remains outstanding.
Really they should be getting the same punishment as Aberdeen and Celtic but they’ll probably just get a penalty instead https://t.co/bl5PRDnew2
— ♡ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕖♡ (@cheekychopscat) November 2, 2020
Ours was a punishment, no need whatsoever to impose it.Let us see where this goes.I disagreed with ours so by default I do not think that if the club has acted properly they should be punished. However, the gov jumped in with 2 feet over BB!This is a can of worms!
— spamfritters (@spamfritters65) November 2, 2020
BREAKING NEWS@RangersFC suspend George Edmundson and Jordan Jones after players breach Covid-19 regulations by attending private party – both must now isolate for 14 days
More on @SkySportsNews and https://t.co/765QgBcmRi pic.twitter.com/FiAJvQ8Rp9
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) November 2, 2020
📺 Watch live: First Minister @NicolaSturgeon holds a press conference on #coronavirus (#COVIDー19).
Joining the First Minister today is Health Secretary Jeane Freeman and Scotland’s Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith. https://t.co/pHB6CE4qPW
— Scottish Government (@scotgov) November 2, 2020
Why has @NicolaSturgeon & @scotgov not reacted furiously to the news that players of @RangersFC have flouted coronavirus rules? Surely this has caused huge anger at governmental level and as was the case for Aberdeen and Celtic they will surely be missing the next 2 league games?
— APS (@anththetank) November 2, 2020
