Almost a week later the losers from the Glasgow Derby semi-final last week as still going on and on about Auston Trust’s yellow and not a red card issued by referee Nick Walsh – with no VAR intervention from Andrew Dallas – for the incident involving theRangers goalkeeper Jack Butland.
The rule is clear on this and we’ve shown it on The Celtic Star at the beginning of the week. Here it is again:
Auston Trusty spoke to the media yesterday afternoon at Lennoxtown, ahead of Celtic’s home match in the Scottish Premiership tomorrow afternoon against Kilmarnock. He was of course asked about the incident at Hampden and wanted to know which one they were referring to?
When clarification was given that it was the Butland incident he was involved in himself, Trusty described it as a ‘tap’ and nothing more. No-one seems to be considering in the aftermath the last six words shown above- guilty of violent conduct (and therefore a red card ) UNLESS THE FORCE USED WAS NEGLIGIBLE.
Here’s the ‘impact’ it had on Butland, these photos of theRangers goalkeeper are from after last Sunday’s defeat to Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final:
There’s literally not a mark on him as you can see. The Scottish FA’s KMI panel didn’t agree and even Martin O’Neill at the time thought it would be a red card. But the decision was made by the match referee who would perhaps be more up to date with the rules that Martin, who has been doing punditry for the past decade or so.
Michael Stewart on Premier Sports last weekend didn’t think that the penalty awarded to theRangers should have been given but wanted to know, given that it was given, why Anthony Ralston wasn’t shown a second yellow card? The handball call was again subjective and a decision made by Nick Walsh that VAR left alone.
But it took former referee Bobby Madden, of all people, to remind everyone that the booking for handball that results in a penalty rule was changed two seasons ago. So Walsh made his judgement call on the penalty but was 100% correct in not issuing a second yellow to Ralston, a player who has had an eventful week.
More decisions in that match went for theRangers than against them with a trick by the media helping the momentum of their outrage. That is to ignore anything like for instance the stonewall penalty Celtic should have been given for the barge on Reo Hatate, see below….
From @ClydeSSB this evening.
Listen to Liam pull the panel on lack of coverage of the stonewall Hatate penalty from the Celtic v Rangers game.
Then listen to them talk absolute nonsense and dig themselves a the biggest of big holes.
Unbelievable stuff. pic.twitter.com/csjYoNdtO6
— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) November 7, 2025
Time to move on. Celtic won, live with it.
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It’s nothing more than Huns trying to promote the agenda of
“Always cheated never defeated”
Nothing but bullshit of course, and still can’t accept that we are the biggest, best and most successful club in Scottish football, to confirm what has been in place for years now.
The Trusty incident, was a fairly nothing incident, compared to what actually went on during the course of the entire game last week.
Stupid from Trusty was my initial reaction, and the lack of force only saving him in the end. Regardless, with the fixture and officials involved it hardly helped our cause in the second half, while we were by far the better footballing team on show.
I actually can’t disagree with the Huns about the impact of cheating officials within the Scottish game.
Still believe this issue is preventing the Scottish game from ever growing, especially all the while cheating officials are allowed to take centre stage within the game.
The best officials within the overall game, are the ones you never take any notice of whatsoever.
Doesn’t apply within Scottish football, and very little chance of it changing either imo.
The knock on effects are being felt badly now, with such a lack of quality players, to interested in taking the chance of joining the Scottish game, where enhancing a career, can come with a bigger risk factors attached to it now imo?
It’s becoming more concerning, that the lack of the quality players interested in Scottish football, is also having a bigger impact within European competition.
Trying to build squads, with the differences between what is required to handle the vast differences between Scottish and European football, is affecting the profile of the players that’s required for ourselves to handle.
How big the impact of cheating officials, is having upon the overall Scottish game ?
Personally I would say massive, and goes further than just incompetent than officiating matches imo?
Tims dont get these refs in europe thats why they are doing bad in the diddy cup(I know Rangers are doing worse,unlike 3 years ago)
The part you’ve quoted refers to striking with hand or arm not a challenge for the ball with the foot.
Irrespective, it’s not a penalty to anyone other than the crazies.