THE RANGERS are launching a probe after a missile thrown by one of their supporters or a visiting Chelsea fan struck Assistant Referee Calum Spence and split his head wide open. We covered this shocking incident yesterday afternoon on The Celtic Star shortly after it happened…see HERE.
After the match, in which Livingston won 1-0, Stephen Gerrard condemned the action from his support who as you know have been labelled as Scotland’s Shame.
The Rangers manager said: “I don’t think that belongs in football does it?
“I think we all know that’s not right. He’s trying to do a job so that’s not right.”
Rangers propagandist Kris Boyd, whose face was absolutely tripping him, also commented on the incident, saying: “It’s a disgrace. Whoever did that should be ashamed of themselves.
“The assistant referee has a difficult job at the best of times and that’s not on.”
Won’t be hard for the police to spot which fan did it. Pretty clear in this video https://t.co/pCCI7aANhA
— Brother Celtic (@BrotherCeltic) September 30, 2018
Apparently the Ibrox club are to ask Livingston for CCTV footage in an attempt to identify the culprit. They could also ask Sky TV for footage or even look on social media where it was pretty much a ‘job done’ yesterday afternoon judging by the footage that was shown on Twitter.
While Rangers have condemned the incident on Bloody Sunday what say the SFA?
In May 1999 they were quick to issue Celtic with a £45k fine after referee Hugh Dallas was struck with a coin at Celtic Park in a match against the previous Ibrox club.
The newspapers had the shocking images of Dallas, with blood dripping down his face on all the front pages. What happened to Calum Spence was equally as serious an incident and the precedent has been set.
Of course the accusations of objects being thrown by The Rangers support is nothing new since they arrived in the Premiership. There is that photograph of Leigh Griffiths holding up a large battery at Ibrox thrown onto the pitch during a Celtic victory and this season a St Mirren youngster was hit in the head by a coin. Only last week a Rangers supporter was found guilty of throwing an object in another match against Celtic – which they lost.
So look at the papers today and compare to the coverage that the Dallas incident received – and the Celtic supporter who threw that coin brought shame on Celtic who were rightly punished by the SFA.
Shame of the SFA if they don’t follow their own precedent and hammer Rangers with a large fine after this attack from behind on a match official.
